Impressions 



"I hollered 'Help,' half-fearin' trouble, and 

 the men came a'ter the ol' man a-runnin'. 



"Says I, 'Go for the minister if he be in 

 reaching' an' they look'd at me, wonderin', but 

 one of 'em went off. We four what was left 

 stood there a-waitin', an' it seemed as if the 

 day'd be gone 'fore t'other one come back, but 

 he show'd up as the sun was a-settin' an' the 

 minister with him. 



" 'Be it you're willin', Nance and me '11 get 

 married,' says I. 'It's best for the ol' man an' 

 us too, I'm thinkin'.' 



" 'Really,' says the minister, 'but this is most 

 unusual, and really I must ' 



"I cut him short. 'This is no place for 

 preachin', nor time neither. It's marryin' I'm 

 in for, an' ask Nance if she's agreed to it.' 



' ' The minister looked sort o ' kerflummixt, but 

 says he, stammerin' like, 'Miss Biles, is it your 

 wish, under these remarkable circumstances?' 



"She up an' says 'Yes,' and lookin' at her 

 daddy says, ' Daddy, don 't you say so ? ' 



"The ol' man didn't say no thin', but kep' 

 a-lookin' sort o' wild like. 



" 'I'll take care of 'em both,' says I, 'an' it 

 might as well be here as anywhere, an' the 



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