8/16 Some of them even get to be a hundred years old. If that is the case, Bella will outlive all of us. She notices that I am getting blind and feeble, and when I go down to call on Mrs.Morris, she calls out to me, "Keep a stiff upper lip, Beautiful Joe. Keep the game a-going, Beautiful Joe." Mrs.Morris says that she doesn't know where Bella picks up her slang words. |