Haven't you learned by this time that I lie twice to the truth once ?" Dannie laughed.

"Dinna say such things, Jimmy.

I hate to hear ye.

Of course, I know about the fifty coons of the Canoper, and things like that; honest, I dinna believe ye can help it.

But na man need lie about a serious matter, and when he knows he is deceiving another who trusts him." Jimmy became so white that he felt the color receding, and turned to hide his face.