It must hev been like pullin teeth fer
Deacon tew pay aout cash fer work seein ez he's made his debtors dew
all his farmin fer him this five year, but he hed tew come tew 't, fer
his rowen wuz a spilin, an nary one o' his debtors would lif a finger
'thout bein paid for 't."
"That air shillin o' Meshech's is the fuss money o' his'n I've seen
fer flip in more'n a year," said Widow Bingham, "an thar be them, not
a thousan mile from here, nuther, ez I could say the same on, more
shame to em, for't, an I a lone widder."
The line of remark adopted by the widow, appeared to exert a
depressing influence on the spirits of the company, and this, together
with the information volunteered by Obadiah, that it was "arter nine,"
presently caused a general break-up.
CHAPTER FOURTEENTH
PEREZ GOES TO MEETING
The very next day, as Squire Edwards and his family were sitting down
to dinner, the eldest son Jonathan, a fine young fellow of sixteen,
came in late with a blacked eye and torn clothes.
"My son," said Squire Edwards, sternly, "why do you come to the table
in such a condition? What have you been doing?"
"I've been fighting Obadiah Weeks, sir, and I whipped him, too.
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