in their happy
faces how truly welcome you wuz to Jonesville. You'd've enjoyed it first
rate, Ulaley, and if there had been any difference in our manners from
what you'd been used to, and we might have made a bow or two less than
you wuz accustomed to, why, your good sense would have told you that
manners in Jonesville wuz different from Madrid, and you'd expect it and
enjoy the difference, mebby.

"Of course, I knew that we couldn't do by you exactly as they do in
Spain in the way of amusement--we couldn't git up no bull fight, not
havin' the two materials.

"But Josiah has got a old pair of steers down in our back medder that
was always touchy and kinder quarrelsome. They are gittin' along in
years, but mebby there is some fight left in 'em yet.

"I think like as not that Josiah and Ury could have got 'em to kinder
backin' up and kickin' at each other, and actin'.

"I wouldn't gin a cent to seen it go on, but it would have been
interesting I hain't a doubt on't, to them that wuz gin to that sort o'
things.

"But, as I sez, I wouldn't put it on you, Ulaley."

The Infanty looked real pleasant here--she almost laughed, she looked so
amiable at me; she realized well that she wuz a-meetin' one of the first
wimmen of the nation, and that woman wuz a-doin' well by her.

"But, as I say, Ulaley, I knew that it wuz too hard for you. I knew that
between them Ward McAllisters of society, and the hosts of your honest
admirers, from Uncle Sam down to Commander Davis and Miss Mayor Gilroy,
you wuz fairly beat out. And I wouldn't put you to the extra effort of
comin' to Jonesville. I hated to give it up, but Duty made me, and I
want you to understand it and to explain it all out to Spain jest how it
wuz."

She smiled real sweet, and said she would, and she said "that she
appreciated my thoughtful kindness."

She wuz too much of a lady to talk about them that had entertained her.

And I spoze she _had_ been entertained through them New York parties.
She's quite a case for fun, and we got to feelin' real well acquainted
with each other, and congenial.

She looked dretful pretty as she looked out sideways at me and smiled.
She's as pretty as a pink.

And sez she, "You are very kind, madam; I highly appreciate your
goodness."

"Yes," sez I, "it wuz nothin' but goodness that kep me back, for Josiah
and I both think our eyes on you, both as a smart, pretty woman, and a
representative of that country that wuz the means of