Jim Wilkins interrupted the thought.
"Leastways," he said, "HE'LL get her if Skinner don't.

It's a close run between him an' Skinner.

Skinner ain't so good lookin' as the Colonel, but he's better fixed.

It's Skinner owns our butcher-shop, an' it's Skinner is buildin' our Opery House Block.

Some say Skinner'll get Pap Briggs' money, an' some says the Colonel will." "Are there any others ?" asked Eliph', looking down the street to where the raw brick of the opera house glowed in the sun.
"After Sally ?" asked Jim Wilkins.