^Jj^e hare to he savin' of our crackers." Never saw such

a woman! "Wal," says I pretty spunky, "have you

got any water ? "

" I just emptied the pail into the teakettle/' said she ;
" hut you can draw some. There's the well."

I guess she was heginning to get acquainted; for,
when she poked the pail out, says she, " If you'd jest as
lives, you can bring it back with some in it : 'tis rather a
hard well for a woman."

I was a good mind to empty it out; but just for
curiosity, to see if she wouldn't look a little mite
ashamed, I carried it back rather over half full.
"Didn't fetch it over'n above full, did yer?" says
she.
Oh, if my red hair didn't feel mad ! I laid on the
whip. " Get up ! " says I ; " let^s be out o' this I " A
feller get's mad easier when he's hungry. I was so
hungry, that seems as if I could smell Quorm's stew just
as it smelt when we were down there.
