I want to get her somethin' she'll like, and she's got pretty nigh everything under the sun.

Say, Jim, you've been workin' too hard, yourself.

Why don't you take to-morrow off and cruise around the stores helpin' me pick out a present.

Come ahead--do!" They spent the next afternoon in that "cruise," visiting department stores, jewelers, and art shops innumerable.

Captain Elisha was hard to please, and his comments characteristic.
"I guess you're right, Jim," he said, "there's no use lookin' at pictures.