That's the way business should be done between honest men--though it wouldna do if one was inclined to take an advantage.

Will ye not come in, Mr.West, and have a taste of my whisky ?" "No, thank you," said I, "I have business to do." "Well, well, business is the chief thing.

It's well not to drink in the morning, too.

For my own part, except a drop before breakfast to give me an appetite, and maybe a glass, or even twa, afterwards to promote digestion, I never touch spirits before noon.

What d'ye think o' the general, Mr.West ?" "Why, I have hardly had an opportunity of judging," I answered.
Mr.McNeil tapped his forehead with his forefinger.
"That's what I think of him," he said in a confidential whisper, shaking his head at me.