*in' up his ears, and his clothes that tight that I spozed

mebby that wuz one reason he didn't offer to help me up, the other reason bein' that he didn't know enough. But, truly, it would have been a rash and hazardous proceedin' on his part to bend over much, and I didn't promulgate any desire for his help after I took a minute's thought about it. But when I spoke of Hamenses he sez, "I am going there."

"Are you?" sez I. "Then mebby they will want to see you right off. I'd go on if I wuz in your place and tell them that I have come."

"Yes, I will go," sez he. He seemed good natured enough what there wuz of him (his mind, I mean). And he started off lookin' like a tall, slim fork walkin' away. But he turned before he'd gone more'n a step or two and come back, and sez he:

"Youah shuah now?"

"Sure of what?" sez I.

"Shuah you have not sustained any sewious injuwia?"

"Yes! yes!" sez I, gittin' wore out. "And I'd like a little help to git up; I wish you would hurry."

And then he went on a few more steps and come back agin, and I sez, "For the land's sake! What do you want now?"

"Youah cahd, you know, you haven't pwesented me with youah cahd."

Sez I with dignity, or as much as I could have layin' most flat in the middle of the road, "This is a pretty place to talk of playin' cards or any other game, I settin' flat down here in the road and can't git up. You had better start on to once and git away from me," sez I, "and tell Hamenses folks I've come."