. "The fambly album"; another "fotygraft album," shown to the new preacher by Rebecca Sparks Peters, aged eleven; the "bigger album from upstairs". Aunt Mary Bailey, that is. Aint she nice?Shes a Quaker, only, as pa says, she dont Vorkat it very hard, fer she will primp up some, andthem peoples generly real plain dressers, yuhknow. But she cant abide noisy church doins,Aunt Mary cant. One time she was to a re-vival and old Bill Pinckney come a rip-roarindown th aisle and stopped besides her, andhollers, Oh, Sister Bailey, wont yuh lift upyer voice untuh th Lor-r-d ? And Aunt Mary,she jist says
. "The fambly album"; another "fotygraft album," shown to the new preacher by Rebecca Sparks Peters, aged eleven; the "bigger album from upstairs". Aunt Mary Bailey, that is. Aint she nice?Shes a Quaker, only, as pa says, she dont Vorkat it very hard, fer she will primp up some, andthem peoples generly real plain dressers, yuhknow. But she cant abide noisy church doins,Aunt Mary cant. One time she was to a re-vival and old Bill Pinckney come a rip-roarindown th aisle and stopped besides her, andhollers, Oh, Sister Bailey, wont yuh lift upyer voice untuh th Lor-r-d ? And Aunt Mary,she jist says back, quiet like, Does thee thinkth Lord is deef, William? she says. Turn Doc Prentice, a feller you wont like s verywell, likes not, fer he aint sure theres no here-after. But hes an awful good doctor and givesmore t th churches than most uh th members. Pa, he likes Doc powerful well—likes tdrive him round th country sos they kin talktogether between places. One time they wasout t Twitchells, a fambly that pa says enjoyspoor health bettern they would good. Doc,hed got out onto th porch t come away, wherehe was helt up by one uh th girls and th hiredman, when pa hollers, Hurry up. Doc, herecomes th dog in from the barn, he says. Turn o\er.
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