ABSTRACT
There was a man one time keeped a boarding house. (His) name was Little Dick Melden. He used to work away from home. The minister /used/ to board there _ at his home an' also /Long Tom the Waggoner/ man carr[yin]...goin through with the mail. For this night when he come home
his wife was very sick. And he.. .she.. .she had in a doctor she told (un) that day an' he _ told her she SHOULD get a bottle o' sweet absolone.
