At last I reached your old number, Stevie, and--Hey?
Did you speak ?" "Don't call me 'Stevie,'" growled his nephew, rebelliously.
"Beg your pardon.

I keep forgettin' that you're almost grown up.

Well, as I was sayin', I got to the house where you used to live, and 'twas shut tight.

Nobody there.

Ho! ho! I felt a good deal like old Beriah Doane must have on his last 'vacation.' You see, Beriah is one of our South Denboro notorieties; he's famous in his way.