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"You see, old man," he began, one morning about six months after the wedding, "we've discovered, Clara and I, that the least we can live on in New York is fifty dollahs a week. And you see I'm only getting forty. It's serious, isn't it? But Clara says that if we buy all ouah canned goods at Lacy's " Maxwell stopped him with a gesture of desperation.
"Tip has recovahed his fathah's cattle," The Kid told him pointedly, "but theah's the little mattah of the burned sto' to pay fo'. In behalf of Tip and his mothah, I'm demandin' well, I think ten thousand dollahs in cash will just about covah it." "I haven't got ten thousand!" Hardy began to whine. But The Kid cut him off. "Open that safe," he snapped, "and we'll see!"
"'Hyah's yo' twenty dollahs, says the ole nigger, fishin' out a roll of raggedy bills and passin' 'em up to the stand. "'Thank you, Uncle Jake. Come to the clerk for your bill of sale this evenin', says the auctioneer. "I watches the sale a while longer, 'n' then mooches into the big barn where the yearlin's 'n' two-year-olds is waitin' to be sold.
Thomas. "Yo' said yo' would mahrry me soon as I had a job. Well, I'se got de job now." "Is it a steady job?" "Yes, at de stone quarry dribin' a stone wagon." "How much yo' gits a week, Peter?" "Twelve dollahs," was the proud answer. "Den I closes wid you," said the widow, and allowed the suitor to embrace her. Just then Aleck came in sight.
Why, what is you talkin' 'bout? Two hund'd dollahs. Sakes alive, it's 'mos' enough to buy a tol'able good secondhand nigger wid. En you ain't lyin', honey? You wouldn't lie to you' old Mammy?" "It's God's own truth, jes as I tell you two hund'd dollahs I wisht I may never stir outen my tracks if it ain't so. En, oh, my lan', ole Marse was jes a-hoppin'! He was b'ilin' mad, I tell you!
"Does yer wan' ter bring de perlice? You'se been takin' a drap too much again, I reckon." "No, I'se only been to prar-meetin', and Aun' Sheba jes' dun gone and bolt me out." "Well, you'se been cuttin' up some shine, an' dat's a fac'. Come in an' stop you noise. You can sleep on de lounge. We don' want to pay ten dollahs in de mawnin to get you out ob de caboose."
"He got a hun'ed an' fifty dollahs f'om me," said Dunkin. "I let him have fifty," added Jackson weakly. "He got a hun'ed an' fifty dollahs f'om thews. Dat's how I come to git 'spicious. He tol' him de same sto'y." Again that pregnant look flashed between them, and they both rose and went out of the house. They hurried down to Matthews' grocery. The owner was waiting for them there.
When I sells mer lan' fer a hundred dollahs, fust thing I'm a-goin' do is to build me a fiahplace an' git me er nice big settle to putt in front o' hit, so'st I kin set mer bread to raise befo' the fiah, like all bread orter be sot. How kin a pusson cook out yet not to say, cook?" "That will do, Lucy," said Mrs. Buford. "We are demoralized," said Mary Ellen hopelessly, "and I resent it.
Morton laughed cheerily. "Oh, he enjoyin' de 'leckshum. He 'uz on de picnic yas'day, to Smeltuh's ice-houses; an' 'count er Mist' Maxim's gittin' 'lected, dey gi'n him bottle er whiskey an' two dollahs. He up at de house now, entuhtainin' some ge'lemenfrien's wi'de bones, honey." "Um hum." The other lady sighed reflectively.
Yes, suh, that's good way, but when you ain't shoot-in' yo' money in the game they jus' nachelly don' know you 'mong them present. If you got couple nice, big, moon-face' dollahs to inves', they can't he'p but notice you. They got to do it!" Old Man Curry smiled and dipped two fingers and a thumb into his vest pocket. "Thank you, suh!" chuckled Shanghai, trying hard to appear surprised.
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