49/55 Abbie--my second cousin; I guess I told you about her--says it's a sure sign that a person's rich or out of his head, one or t'other. I ain't rich, so--" He chuckled once more. And he certainly did have a rough passage. Ho! ho! Probably you heard about it, bein' so friendly with the family." "Ahem! Doubtless he would have mentioned it, but he has been ill." "Sho! I'm sorry to hear that. |