ostensiblee

Updated: June 28, 2025

Gawd never intended this here country for livin' purposes, an' that's a cold frozen fact." Jan grinned triumphantly. "I tank I go mit der tent und haf a smoke." "Ostensiblee y'r correct, Bill, me son," spoke up Lawson; "but y'r a dummy, and you can lay to that for another cold frozen fact. Takes a sea farmer to learn you landsmen things. Ever hear of a pair of shears? Then clap y'r eyes to this."

Jack London - The God of His Fathers: Tales of the Klondyke