forwards wuz pinted or broad, their faces black, copper colored
or white.

And the changes, the changes of a thousand years, all these the
old tree had seen, and I respected her dry dusty old feet and wuz
sorry for 'em. And I reveryed on the subject more'n half the way
home, and couldn't help it. Anyway my revery lasted till jest
before we got to the big gate of the Race Course.

And right there, right in front of them big ornamental doors, we
see Miss G. Washington Flamm, with about a thousand other carriages
and wagons and Tally ho's and etcetry, and etcetry. Josiah thinks
there wuz a million teams, but I don't. I am mejum; there wuzn't
probable over a thousand right there in the road.

Miss Flamm recognized us and asked us if we didn't want to go in.
Wall, Josiah wuz agreeable to the idee and said so. And then she
said sunthin' to the man that tended to the gate, probably
sunthin' in our praise, and handed him sunthin', it might have
been a ten cent piece, for all I know.

But anyway he wuz dretful polite to us, and let us through. And
my land! if it wuzn't a sight to behold! Of all the big roomy
places I ever see all filled with vehicles of all shapes and
sizes and folks on foot and big high platforms, all filled with
men and wimmen and children! And Josiah sez to me, "I thought
the hull dumb world wuz there outside in the road, and here there
is ten times as many in here."

And I sez, "Yes, Josiah, be careful and not lose me, for I feel