"But, on second thoughts, I've about decided to take her for myself." "Oh, you have ?" said Arkwright, trying to be facetious of look and tone.
"Yes," said Josh, in his abrupt, decisive way.

He threw the cigarette into the empty fireplace and stood up.

"I think I'll take your advice and marry Miss Severance." "Really!" mocked Grant; but he was red with anger, was muttering under his breath, "Insolent puppy!" "Yes, I think she'll do." Craig spoke as if his verdict were probably overpartial to her.

"It's queer about families and the kind of children they have.

Every once in a while you'll find a dumb ass of a man whose brain will get to boiling with liquor or some other ferment, and it'll incubate an idea, a real idea.