Dat's more dan you can say about _your_ business, Deacon Quickset.

Any rascal can go in de business dat you is doin' now." "Well," said the deacon, beginning to feel that he was on dangerous ground, "this wasn't what we were talking about, anyhow.

We began to talk about Sam Kimper; and I want you to promise me that you won't talk to anybody else about his needing liquor, and about his breaking down in the course of time unless he gets it." "Of course I von't talk about it, deacon.

Do you s'pose I'm a fool?
Do you s'pose I vant to see people get drunk?
No, sir; people dat gets drunk don't come to my shop.

Dey know dey couldn't get anyding if dey did." Meanwhile Sam Kimper went on, after the humble manner in which he had begun, to try to bring his family to his new standard of respectability.