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"'Brown? says I. 'Thought you said 'twas Jones? "Well, that kind of upset him, and he took some cherry-rum to grease his memory. Then I asked more questions and he tried to answer 'em, and got worse tangled than ever. Finally I had to laugh. "'Look here, Ben, says I. 'You can't fetch port on that tack. The truth's ten mile astern of you. Who does own that yacht, anyway?
"He looked at me mighty solemn cherry-rum solemn. 'Obed, he says, 'you're a good feller. Don't you give me away, now, or I'll lose my berth. The man that owns that yacht's named Davidson, and he's got a summer place right in this town. "'Davidson! says I. 'DAVIDSON? Not young Allie Davidson? "'That's him, says he. 'And he's the blankety blankest meanest low-down cub on earth. There!
"He hemmed and hawed a while, but he was dry, and I shook the cherry-rum jug at him, figuratively speaking, so finally he give in. "'You buy so and so, says he to his men, passing 'em a ten-dollar bill. 'And mind, you don't know nothing. If anybody asks, remember that yacht's the Mermaid M-U-R-M-A-D-E, he says, 'and she belongs to Mr. Jones, of Mobile, Georgia.
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