11/18 But I can't do a hearse any more than I can a hack; so here we are--becalmed, you see. And it's the same with women and such. They come and they want a little johnry picture--" "It's the accessories that make it a 'genre ?'" "Yes--cannon, or cat, or any little thing like that, that you heave into whoop up the effect. We could do a prodigious trade with the women if we could foreground the things they like, but they don't give a damn for artillery. Mine's the lack," continued the captain with a sigh, "Andy's end of the business is all right I tell you he's an artist from way back!" "Yoost hear dot old man! He always talk 'poud me like dot," purred the pleased German. |