So I told Thomas I 'd take him . All the time I was getting ready I never dared drive past W.O. 's place for fear the sight of that fine house of his would put me in the swithers again . But now I never think of it at all , and I 'm just that comfortable and happy with Thomas . Jog along , black mare . '' `` How did William Obadiah take it ? '' queried Anne . `` Oh , he rumpussed a bit . But he 's going to see a skinny old maid in Millersville now , and I guess she 'll take him fast enough . She 'll make him a better wife than his first did . W.O. never wanted to marry her . He just asked her to marry him 'cause his father wanted him to , never dreaming but that she 'd say ` no . ' But mind you , she said ` yes . ' There was a predicament for you . Jog along , black mare . She was a great housekeeper , but most awful mean . She wore the same bonnet for eighteen years . Then she got a new one and W.O. met her on the road and did n't know her . Jog along , black mare . I feel that I 'd a narrer escape . I might have married him and been most awful miserable , like my poor cousin , Jane Ann .
Jane XXXXX married a rich man she did n't care anything about , and she has n't the life of a dog .
Ann Anne Jog Millersville Obadiah Thomas W.O. first swithers years