Never mind, you're for the boy." "What boy ?" "The governor's.

I heard him say he was going to get him one.

That boy will be spoiled, as sure as I go on springs; he's made such a lot of.
Have you been regulated ?" "I should think I have!" exclaimed I, in indignant recollection of my education.
"All right; keep your temper.

What time are you ?" "Seven minutes to six." "Wrong! It's seven and three-quarters!" "How do you know ?" "Because that's what I make it." "How do you know you are right ?" I asked, wondering at my own impudence in thus questioning an old ticker.
"Look here, young fellow," said the other in an awful voice; "you don't seem to know you are addressing a gold watch that has neither gained nor lost a minute for five years! There! You may think yourself clever; but you're too fast." "I'm sure I beg your--" "That'll do!" said the offended veteran.

"I want no more words." I was completely shut up at this, and retired back to my pocket very crestfallen.
Presently I began to feel drowsy; my nerves seemed to get unstrung, and my circulation flagged.