Excerpt: ...day, too. Didn't think of that till this minnit. Wonder if you'd drive my boss and buggy over and fix up a deal with the president of the bank?" "Glad to 'bleege," said the flattered Mr. Spackles. "Circus day," Scattergood repeated. "Been to a circus lately, Mis' Penny?" "Hain't seen one for years." "No?. Mr. Spackles, what be you thinkin' of? To be sure. Why, you kin bundle Mis' Penny into the buggy and take her along with you! Finish the business in no time, bein' spry like you be, and then you and her kin ...
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Excerpt: ...day, too. Didn't think of that till this minnit. Wonder if you'd drive my boss and buggy over and fix up a deal with the president of the bank?" "Glad to 'bleege," said the flattered Mr. Spackles. "Circus day," Scattergood repeated. "Been to a circus lately, Mis' Penny?" "Hain't seen one for years." "No?. Mr. Spackles, what be you thinkin' of? To be sure. Why, you kin bundle Mis' Penny into the buggy and take her along with you! Finish the business in no time, bein' spry like you be, and then you and her kin take in the circus and the side show, and stay f'r the concert. How's that?" Mr. Spackles was suddenly red and embarrassed, but Grandmother Penny beamed. "Why," says she, "makes me feel like a young girl ag'in. To be sure I'll go. Daughter'll make a fuss, but I jest don't care if she does. I'm a-goin'." "That's the way to talk," said Scattergood. "Mr. Spackles'll be round f'r you bright and early. Now, if you kin spare him, I calc'late we got to talk business." When they were in the street Mr. Spackles choked and coughed, and said with some vexation: "You went and got me in f'r it that time." "How so, Mr. Spackles? Don't you want to take Mis' Penny to the circus?" "Course I do, but circuses cost money. I hain't got more 'n a quarter to my name." "H'm!. Didn't calc'late I was askin' you to take a day of your time for nothin', did you? F'r a trip like this here, with a lot hangin' on to it, I'd say ten dollars was about the fittin' pay. What say?" Mr. Spackles's beaming face was answer enough. Grandmother Penny and Mr. Spackles went to the circus in a more or less surreptitious manner. It was a wonderful day, a successful day, such a day as neither of them had expected ever to see again, and when they drove home through the moonlight, across the mountains, their souls were no longer the souls of threescore and...
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