convention could be utilized by pipes goin' up out of the ruff of
that buildin' where it is held,' he said, 'it would take a man up
to the moon.' I heerd him say it. And now, who knows but they
have got it all fixed. There wuz dretful windy speeches there
this mornin'. I hearn 'em, and I'll bet that is her idee, of
bein' the first one to try it; she is so fashionable. But I
haint a goin' up in no sech a way."

"No," sez I. "Nor I nuther. It would be fur from my wishes to
be carried up to the skies on the wind of a political convention.
"Though," sez I reasonably, "I haint a doubt that there wuz
sights, and sights of it used there."

But jest at this minute Miss Flamm got through talkin' with her
relatives about the road, and settled down to caressin' the dog
ag'in, and Josiah hadn't time to remark any further, only to say,
"Watch me, Samantha, and when I say jump, jump."

And then we sot still but watchful. And Miss Flamm kissed the
dog several times and pressed him to her heart that throbbed full
of such a boundless love for him. And he lifted his head and
snapped at a fly, and barked at my companion with a renewed energy,
and showed his intellect and delightful qualities in sech remarkable
ways, that filled Miss Flamm's soul deep with a proud joy in him.
And then he went to sleep a layin, down in her lap, a mashin' down
the delicate lace and embroidery and beads. He had been a eating
the beads, I see him gnaw off more than two dozen of 'em, and I
called her attention to it, but she said, "The dear little darlin'
had to have some such recreation." And she let him go on with it,
a mowin' 'em down, as long as he seemed to have a appetite for 'em.