Pearse, Mark Guy, 1842-1930 · New York : Nelson & Phillips ; Cincinnati : Hitchcock & Walden · leaf 25
aboutX^_^ again for a good many weeks.g The house had got pretty wellstrlpt of all that was in it, andthat wasnt much, a long time beforeI could think about trying to pick upa bit of a living. My Betty is a realgood one, I can telle, sir—a real goodone and no mistake, or else we should havestarved.… … His Wife Betty. 23 chards, or standin at a wash-tub from threeoclock in the morning till eight at night. Bless her, sir, shes a right good one. Shebe a woman that wants a deal o knowin, doesBetty. Nothing ever turns up, but Bettysjust as ready for it as if shed been a-doinnothing else but thinkin…
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