peevy's

Updated: May 8, 2025

"At dinner time I went back to Mrs. Peevy's. "'Shall I keep some soup hot for Mr. Tatum till he comes back? she asks. "'If you do, ma'am, says I, 'you'll more than exhaust for firewood all the coal in the bosom of the earth and all the forests on the outside of it.

O. Henry - The Gentle Grafter