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like ter do somethin' to sorter make it square."

"All right; keep the half now, and we'll begin afresh. Now that I know I can do it, I'll impose on you frightfully; I'll keep you hopping for me in great shape. Say, hustle along and get that suit to the tailor, or he'll not have it pressed for me to wear this evening; and I may want it." He swung the door wide open, pushed the boy out, and closed it behind him.

"Fust time," observed Henry Cope, "I ever knew a Bryant t' try to refuse money. They're a pretty shif'less, worthless bunch, that family."