"Gals like to see a feller dressed up.

It shows he means business an' 'mounts to somethin'." "I give Nick Thorne two dollars an' a packidge o' terbacker fer them clotlies, which the on'y thing wrong about was they'd got too snug fer comfert.

Nick said so himself.

But I'll make a bargain with ye, Skim.

Ef you'll agree to give me fifty dollars after yer married, I'll buy ye some store clothes o' Sam Cotting, to do courtin' in." "Fifty dollars!" "Well, I've brung ye up, hain't I ?" "I've worked like a nigger, mindin' shop." "Say forty dollars.