6/54 I always thought Emeline was a sort of pretty name." He sighed. Brown observed that Emeline was a very pretty name, indeed. That's what I thought, and Emeline was a real pretty woman, for her age and heft--she was fleshy. She had some consider'ble prejudice against my goin' to sea, so I agreed to stay on shore a spell and farm it, as you might say. We lived in the house she owned and was real happy together. |