Bless ye!—’Ll, of all the love ’At I’ve ever yit knowed of, That-air case o’ theirn beat all! W’y, she _worshipped_ him!—And Sol, ’Peared-like, could ’a’ kissed the sod (Sayin’ is) where that girl trod! Went to town, she did, and bought Lot o’ things ’at neighbers thought Mighty strange fer _her_ to buy,— Raal chintz dress-goods—and ’way high!— Cut long in the skyrt,—also Gaiter-pair o’ shoes, you know; And lace collar;—yes, and fine Stylish hat, with ivy-vine And red ribbons, and these-’ere Artificial flowers and queer Little beads and spangles, and Oysturch-feathers round the band! Wore ’em, Sund’ys, fer a while— Kindo’ went to Church in style, Sol and Armazindy!—Tel It was noised round purty well They wuz _promised_.—And they wuz— Sich news travels—well it does!— Pity ’at _that_ did!—Fer jes That-air fac’ and nothin’ less Must ’a’ putt it in the mind O’ Jule Reddinhouse to find Out some dratted way to hatch Out _some_ plan to break the match— ’Cause she _done_ it!—_How?_ they’s none Knows adzac’ly _what_ she done; _Some_ claims she writ letters to Sol’s folks, up nigh Pleasant View Somers—and described, you see, “Armazindy’s fambily”— Hintin’ “ef Sol married _her_, He’d jes be pervidin’ fer Them-air twins o’ hern, and old Palsied aunt ’at couldn’t hold Spoon to mouth, and layin’ near Bedrid’ on to eighteen year’, And still likely, ’pearantly, To live out the century!” Well—whatever plan Jule laid Out to reach the p’int she made, It wuz _desper’t_.—And she won, Finully, by marryun Sol herse’f—_e-lopin’_, too, With him, like she _had_ to do,— ’Cause her folks ’ud allus swore “Jule should never marry pore!” This-here part the story I Allus haf to hurry by,— Way ’at Armazindy jes Drapped back in her linsey dress, And grabbed holt her loom, and shet Her jaws square.—And ef she fret Any ’bout it—never ’peared Sign ’at _neighbers_ seed er heerd;— Most folks liked her all the more— I know _I_ did—certain-shore!— (’Course _I’d_ knowed her _Pap_, and what _Stock_ she come of.—Yes, and thought, And think _yit_, no man on earth ’S worth as much as that girl’s worth!)