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exclaimed Wealthy . `` She just creeps along and crushes down a whole acre of it at one time ! '' `` Yes , Gramp scolded a little about it one day , '' said Ellen . `` He came in at noon and said to grandma , ` Ruth Ann , I should think that the Millerites had been creeping through my east field . ' He said that to tease her , because Gram does n't approve of the Millerites at all . '' ` Joseph , ' said Gram , pretty short for her , ` I 'm afraid your memory 's failing you . ' '' ` What 's my memory got to do with it ? '