"Me and Mame is at outs.

"Me and Mame expected to build next year, but that's off.

"This may break pore Mame's heart.

"Boys," he said emphatically, "you kin do as you please, but I'm goin' to hev a las' kind word with my Mame.

And he had replied fervently: "Mame, if Jack Rice kin make you happy, you take him.

His skin has a very deep tan; There's Rosy, the cash-girl, and Mame, who ties bundles, And Maggie, who works in the factory, tall; She's much in demand, for she "pivots so grand," She's really the belle of the hand-organ ball.

She stays awake and cries a little over this, so when he sees her across the liver and bacon at breakfast, he forgets that he's never told her before that she could look like anything but an angel, and asks, "Gee, Mame, what makes your nose so red?"

Mame gets sore at me for having my fingers all stained up with nicotine like this.

"This is worth knowin'," he said, "but I'm some glad that Mame ain't heard it.