This--er--er--Caroline and Stephen, they're used to livin' pretty well--fashionable society, and the like of that, hey ?" "Yes.

Their home was on Fifth Avenue, and the family moved in the best circles." "Hum! I should imagine life on twenty-odd thousand a year must be pretty much all circles, one everlastin' 'turn your partners.' Well, Mr.
Graves, my circles down here are consider'ble smaller, but they suit me.
I'm worth twenty-odd thousand myself, not in a year, but in a lifetime.
I'm selectman and director in the bank and trustee of the church.

When I holler 'Boo,' the South Denboro folks--some of them, anyhow--set up and take notice.

I can lead the grand march down in this neighborhood once in a while, and I cal'late I'm prettier leadin' it than I would be doin' a solitaire jig for two years on the outside edge of New York's best circles.

And I'm mighty sure I'm more welcome.