She says that if she buys a book off of him when he's making false witness of having a talented dad she'll be encouraging lying, which she can't do, being a full-blood Baptist.

So they've got a deadlock, and the jury is hung, and the plurality is equal and unbiased on both sides, and up to date nobody wins.' "'Then,' I says, 'I don't sell no "Wage of Sin" do I ?' "'Not as no author if it,' she says.

'If you want to tackle us as a common book agent, you'll find us right in the market.' "'Katie,' I says, 'call your ma out here a minute.

If I can sell a copy of this volume I am willing to sell my birthmark for a mess of potash any day of the week.' "'That,' she says, cheerful, 'is spoke like a financier and a gentleman.' "With that she started for the front room, but just then the door swung open, and out came her ma and Sammy, tired with fatigue, but satisfied.
"'What!' says the young daughter, 'is the tie untied?
Is the jawfest concluded ?' "'It is,' says the maternal ancestor of that girl, weak but happy.

'We talked seven miles and six furloughs, but I won.