[Dab Kinzer by William O. Stoddard]@TWC D-Link bookDab Kinzer CHAPTER I 6/10
Where is he now? I'm going to the village, and I'll take him right along with me." There seemed to be no help for it; but that was the first point relating to the wedding, concerning which Ham Morris was permitted to have exactly his own way.
His success made Dab Kinzer a fast friend of his for life, and that was something.
There was also something new and wonderful to Dabney himself, in walking into a tailor's shop, picking out cloth to please himself, and being so carefully measured all over. He stretched and stretched himself in all directions, to make sure nothing should turn out too small.
At the end of it all, Ham said to him,-- "Now, Dab, my boy, this suit is to be a present from me to you, on Miranda's account." Dab colored and hesitated for a moment: but it seemed all right, he thought; and so he came frankly out with,-- "Thank you, Ham.
You always was a prime good fellow.
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