"Blame this here ole
chile's eyes," he went on, "but 'twar a close shabe! Seem lak I's kinder
holdin' de balernce ob power. I use my inflooence fer bofe ob 'em--yah,
yah, yah-r-r! an' hit did look lak I's gwine ter balernce fings up tell I
'lee' 'em bofe ter oncet right dar! Bofe of 'em got de nomination--yah,
yah, yah-r-r! But I say 'rah fo' little Miss Phyllis! She de one 'at know
how to pull de right string--yah, yah, yah-r-r!"
The wedding at Sommerton Place came on the Wednesday following the fall
election. Besides the great number of guests and the striking beauty of the
bride there was nothing notable in it, unless the song prepared by Barnaby
for the occasion, and sung by him thereupon to a captivating banjo
accompaniment, may be so distinguished. A stanza, the final one of that
masterpiece, has been preserved. It may serve as an informal ending, a
charcoal tail-piece, to our light but truthful little story.
"Stan' by yo' frien's and nebber mek trouble,
An' so, ef yo's got any sense,
Yo'll know hit's a good t'ing ter be sorter double,
An' walk on bofe sides ob de fence!"
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