But that was my idea, if you and I agreed on sartin matters." "You've come here to live! You've left your--your niece's house ?" "Ya-as, I've left.

That is, I left the way the Irishman left the stable where they kept the mule.

He said there was all out doors in front of him and only two feet behind.

That's about the way 'twas with me." "Have your nephew and niece--" "Um-hm.

They hinted that my room was better than my company, and, take it by and large, I guess they was right for the present, anyhow.