Just because she was sorry for that young fool! "Uh-huh," he repeated, rising and bowing as he passed Ruth's table.

He wished he had the time to solve this riddle, for it was a riddle, and four-square besides.

Back in the States young women did not offer to play the Good Samaritan to strange young fools whom Jawn D.Barleycorn had sent to the mat for the count of nine: unless the young fool's daddy had a bundle of coin.

Maybe the girl was telling the truth, and then again, maybe she wasn't.
The situation bothered him considerably.

Things happened frequently over here that wouldn't happen in the States once in a hundred years.