8/27 I've covered fifty stiff miles myself, so here's for bed. Don't call me in the mornin'." He turned into the blankets all-standing, and as he dozed off Vance could hear him muttering, "_How far is it, my man_? "I confess I cannot understand her," he said to Colonel Trethaway. "I thought her bench claim would make her independent of the Opera House." "You can't get a dump out in a day," the colonel interposed. |