profeshnal

Updated: February 13, 2026

Well, he got round me and dad, allowin' he was a reg'lar out-and-out profeshnal miner, had lived in mines ever since he was a boy; and so, not knowin' what kind o' mines, and dad just bilin' over with the gold fever, we were married and kem across the plains to Californy.

Bret Harte - Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation