sight a minute; and he follered him when he went after his horse, and
walked by the side of the wagon clear down to the store where I was, a
arguin' all the way about his piano. Josiah had bought a number of
things and left 'em to the store, and when we got there, there stood the
organ man by the side of the things, jest like a watch dog. He knew
Josiah would come and git 'em, and he could git the last word with him.

Amongst other things, Josiah had bought a barrel of salt, and the piano
feller that had stuck to Josiah so tight that day, offered to help him
on with it. And the organ man--not goin' to be outdone by the other--he
offered too. Josiah kinder winked to me, and then he held the old mare,
and let 'em lift. They wasn't used to such kind of work, and it fell
back on 'em once or twice, and most squashed 'em; but they nipped to,
and lifted again, and finally got it on; but they was completely
tuckered out.

And then Josiah got in, and thanked 'em for the liftin'; and the organ
man, a wipin' the sweat offen his face--that had started out in his hard
labor--said he should be down to-morrow mornin'; and the piano man, a
pantin' for breath, told Josiah not to make up his mind till _he_ came;
he should be down that night if he got rested enough.

And then Josiah told 'em that he should be glad to see 'em down a
visitin' any time, but he had jest bought a organ.

I don't know but what they would have laid holt of Josiah, if they
hadn't been so tuckered out; but as it was, they was too beat out to
look anything but sneakin'; and so we drove off.

The manty maker had told me that day, that there was two or three new