And as for runnin' that pesky auto, if I'd demean myself to own one of them things, I'll bet my other suit I could run it better'n he does.

If I couldn't, I'd tie myself to the anchor and jump overboard.' "The way she answered showed pretty plain that she didn't believe him.
'Really ?' she says.

'Do you think so?
Good night, Jonadab.' "I could hear her walkin' off acrost the piazza.

He went after her.
'Hettie,' he says, 'you answer me one thing.

Are you engaged to Tobe Loveland ?' "She laughed again, sort of teasin' and slow.