You see, for a boy to set there seein' all them know-nothin' boys gradj'ate, one after another, offhand, the way they was doin', was mighty provokin', an' when Sonny is struck with a sense of injestice, why, he ain't never been known to bear it in silence.

Her Sunday one hain't nothin' extry.

You boys now-days are a lazy good-fer-nothin' lot.

Of course I didn't 'spect nuthin' o' yew when yew was jist a bachelor, an' we'd sort o' lost sight er each other fer many a year, but arter yew got connected with the Hum by marriage sorter" "Connected with the Hum by marriage!" broke in Samuel with a snort of indignant protest.

" "He wasn't a Dimmacrat like the rest of 'em in the county; he belonged to the 'know-nothin' party' and he was a real leader in it.

" "Well, it was a pretty big risk!" "Ev'rything t' gain an' nothin' t' lose," quoted Old Mizzou comfortably.

The moose-steaks had vanished like the "snaw-wreath in the thaw" before anything much was said, save: "Nothin' th' matter with moose, hey?" "Nop! Bet your life.

"Mars John," he asked dreamily, "you don' b'lieve dat I done dis thing?" "Certainly not, Sandy, else why should I be here?" "An' nothin' wouldn' make you b'lieve it, suh?" "No, Sandy,I could not believe it of you.