he
mouth, and sed, she wished I was growd up to be a big man. Then she asst
me if Mr. Gilley was in, and wen I told her "no," she sed she was orful
sorry, cos she'd cum to collect a littel bill, wot she's gone
responsibel for, and wot was purty neer dew.

I told her I was sure Mr. Gilley would be orful sorry, wen he cum back
and found she'd ben to see him, cos I'd hurd him say, he thot she was
the purtist yung ladie, he knowd, n town, and of all wimmin, she was the
one he'd hav, wen he got a wife.

She sez, "Do tell, Georgie," and then she kissed and hugged me, all
over, and asst me how long the edittur would be gone.

I seen she was warntin to kno too much & wuldnt stan off wuth a cent.
So I told her that Mr. Gilley wuldnt get back til nite, cos he was up
to his turney's, arrangin bout gettin the big fortune wot his uncle, wot
dide in Osstrailyer, had left to him.

"The poor dare man," sez she; "didnt I alwus tell them yung snips of
gurls at sewin circles that Mr. Gilley'd be welthy sum day, I guess
they won't turn up their knoeses and call me a dride up old made, when
Samanthy Longtung turns inter Samanthy Gilley. I alwus knowd I'd be
married fore I got outer my teens, and to think my darlin Joe was too
onherable and bashful to ask my hand fore he got his fortune. But I
spose he was frade I wuldnt giv this poor hart, to a poor man, wen so
menny welthy suters wus round," Then she hugged me agin, & told me to
tell Mr. Gilley never to mind bout that quarter, cos she'd advance it
outer her own pocket. Seein she was so orful kind, I told her all bout
the fortune; how Mr. Gilley's uncle was sent out ter rustercate in
Bottany Bey by the British Guvment, but the barmy breezes of the bey
didnt agree with his constetushun, so he resined and took a boat for a
nuther ileland, & wen he got there he borrud sum sheep from a farmer, &
them sheep got marreed, & then there was a lot of littel sheep, wen they
growd up and got married, and kep the ball rollin' even to the 3d & 4th
generashun, wen the old man dide. And now Mr. Gilley was goin to hav
them aucshunned off, & he thot he'd get bout half a millyun for em. Then
I show'd her the plans of the Grammercy Park palace, wot the perlitical
edittur is keepin for refrence, in case he's called on to boom Mr.
Tilden for Preserdent, and told her them was the plans of the reserdense
wot Mr. Gilley was goin to hav bilt to take his blushin bride too,
after they got back from a Yuropeean hun