Impressions 



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

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



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

 reaehin',' 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'U 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' kerflununixt, but 

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

 wish, under these remark 'ble 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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