Excerpt: "e;"e;Well, she ain't changed an awful lot since I left,"e; remarks Magpie Simpkins, as he cuddles his long legs up under his chin and tilts his chair against the side of the cabin. "e;You can't expect no big changes in uh wilderness like this in thirty days,"e; says I, and he nods emphatic like and spits at uh lizard. "e;The East looks good, Ike,"e; he proclaims. "e;Did the East look good to you or did you look good to the East?"e; I asks. "e;Seems to me that you gets uh heap civilized in thirty days. What's the idea uh that hard hat?"e; "e;Last word in head-gear, Ike,"e; he states, picking the yaller, pot-shaped thing off the ground, and patting it affectionate like. "e;They calls 'em Darby hats. Did yuh notice that green and red shirt in my valise? I annexes that in Chicago, Ill., U. S. A., and she sure is uh humdinger. Got uh necktie pin in that valise, too, that only assessed me ten dollars and eighty-five cents, and nobody what never seen uh real diamond could tell the difference."e;"e;