"Whew! well, that's a joke!" "What's a joke ?" asked Tom, rather surprised.
"Why, he _is_ my relation--a sort of second cousin.

Why, my mother and his father are own cousins.

So, don't you see we're second cousins ?" "That's splendid!" exclaimed Tom.

"I can hardly believe it." "It's so.

My mother's name was Fletcher--Roxanna Fletcher--afore she married.