Couldn't you write and ask them ?" "Couldn't you, Washington--seeing it's you that wants the ride?
And what do you think you'll do, Washington, when you get to Hawkeye?
Finish your invention for making window-glass opaque ?" "No, sir, I have given that up.

I almost knew I could do it, but it was so tedious and troublesome I quit it." "I was afraid of it, my boy.

Then I suppose you'll finish your plan of coloring hen's eggs by feeding a peculiar diet to the hen ?" "No, sir.

I believe I have found out the stuff that will do it, but it kills the hen; so I have dropped that for the present, though I can take it up again some day when I learn how to manage the mixture better." "Well, what have you got on hand--anything ?" "Yes, sir, three or four things.

I think they are all good and can all be done, but they are tiresome, and besides they require money.