20/24 And John continues as sulky as a bear. He pretended to shake the carpets but you might get a wheelbarrow-load of dirt out of them. I told him so, and the impudent follow replied that he didn't know any thing about shaking carpets; and that it wasn't the waiter's place, any how." "He did ?" "Yes, he did. I was on the eve of ordering him to leave the house." "I'll save you that trouble," I said, a little warmly. "There couldn't be a better man about the house than he is, for all ordinary purposes. |