Back From Georgia

She (Irove up to the depot in an old cart drawu an ox with lines attached to liis horna, and she repeated her inquines about the train from the eaat so often that the depot agent finally nsked : "Are you expecting friends on that train ?" 'Tn lookin' fur my son tëam an' his wife," she replied. "Coming on a visit?" "No, salí. They dun moved over to Georgy six months ago, but they doan' like it and are comin' back.'' "Miglity good state, that Georgia." 'Tve hearn nay so, but Sam can't abear it. Good lands and good crops, but the people is too scrumptious." "Hoiv scrumptious ?" he quetied. "I doan' exactly know, but I reekon Sam kin explain. He hadn't bin thnr' but fo' months when they tarred an' feathered him an' rode liim all over the country on a rail !"