But the errents Serepta Pester sent wuz fur more hefty and momentous than
all the rest put together, calves, hen coop, cow and all.

And when she told 'em over to me, and I meditated on her reasons for
sendin' 'em and her need of havin' 'em done, I felt that I would do the
errents for her if a breath wuz left in my body. She come for a all day's
visit; and though she is a vegetable widow and humbly, I wuz middlin' glad
to see her. But thinkses I as I carried her things into my bedroom, "She'll
want to send some errent by me"; and I wondered what it would be.

And so it didn't surprise me when she asked me if I would lobby a little
for her in Washington. I spozed it wuz some new kind of tattin' or fancy
work. I told her I shouldn't have much time but would try to git her some
if I could.

And she said she wanted me to lobby myself. And then I thought mebby it wuz
a new kind of dance and told her, "I wuz too old to lobby, I hadn't lobbied
a step since I wuz married."

And then she explained she wanted me to canvas some of the Senators.

And I hung back and asked her in a cautious tone, "How many she wanted
canvassed, and how much canvas it would take?"

I had a good many things to buy for my tower, and though I wanted to
obleege Serepta, I didn't feel like runnin' into any great expense for
canvas.

And then she broke off from that subject, and said she wanted her rights
and wanted the Whiskey Ring broke up.