"No savvy, sah," said one.

If that is my pack of hounds a crime has been committed, and the sheriff has started the pack on the trail of the criminal, sah, because the dogs are never turned loose, except for business.

" "Dat true, sah, and so Chloe say; but dere great difference, Masser Mile, atween Clawbonny and a ship.

" Well, we lit right in an' voted dat it was a gran idee, An' de dinneh we had Christmas was worth trabblin' miles to see; An' we eat a full an' plenty, big an' little, great an' small, Not beca'se we was dishonest, but indignant, sah.

Dem is indiwidual vegetable dishesand dat's an indiwidual salt-cellar, sah," said he, pintin' to each piece of crockery.

You're a seasoned old-timer, sah."