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My dear old friends -- It jes beats all, / The way you write a letter / So's ever' _last_ line beats the _first_, / And ever' _next_-un's better! -- / W'y, ever' fool-thing you putt down / You make so inte_rest_in', / A feller, readin' of 'em all, / Can't tell which is the _best_-un.
It's all so comfortin' and good, / 'Pears-like I almost _hear_ ye / And git more sociabler, you know, / And hitch my cheer up near ye / And jes smile on ye like the sun / Acrosst the whole per-rairies / In Aprile when the thaw's begun / And country couples marries.