Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Aunt Huldy said I'd did right, and uncle Jonah said he hoped 'twas all for the best. " And now, my dear rel- atyves," says I, " I want to keep in a retired state of condition, and don't want no livin' cretur but you tew to know I'm here till I can send hum and git my clus," (for 1 hadn't nothin' but the gownd I had on with me, and that was a yeller calicer every day one.) But I guess I've writ enuf for a chapter. In my next I'll conform ye what happened to me whilst I was a resider at Higgins Patent. CHAPTER II. " And while that chnrmin' voice I hear, And whilst them lovely eyes I see — Angelic maid, forever dear To my fond bussom shalt thou be." Unbeknown. RTER breckfust (I didn't eat much — only a few slapjacks — Amandy couldent eat much when she was in distress, no more couldn't I), arter breckfust I sot down and writ the follerin' pistle to my father: " Cruil but reveratcd father—Your onfortinate dorter now takes her pen in hand to conform you that she is to Uncle Jorrocks's, obleejed by your uncomparelled cruilty to elope from thd hum of her youthood and seek a sylum in a distant section of region. The only thing that supports me in my trials is the consolin' circumflexion. that I havedid right in refusin' to unite my fate to a cretur I didn't belove and adore. Aa I intend to make Higgins Patent my natyve place for a spell, ye needn't suspect to see me to Podunk very soon. And I desire you to send me some money ; and if you ain't as tight as the bark to a tree, you'll send me more'n there was in your old puss when I took it. It didn't much more'n pay the travellin' damage, and I want sum more for I desire to add some additions to my library. Tell my darlin' mother to put up all my wardrobes (clus), in Nadab's gret chist, and send it to me immejuntly; and ar... --This text refers to the Paperback edition.