He was the healthiest critter ever I see--and the laziest.
"Well, his travels bein' over, down he comes to make his sister-in-law a little visit.

And he stays on and stays on.

He never took no shine to me--I judge he figgered I hadn't no business sharin' Abner's property--and I never took to him, much.
"Emeline noticed Bennie D.and me wa'n't fallin' on each other's necks any to speak of, and it troubled her.

She blamed me for it.

Said Bennie was a genius, and geniuses had sensitive natures and had to be treated with consideration and different from other folks.