Well, down our way," with a chuckle, "we don't have to inquire.

Ask anybody you meet what his next door neighbor's wuth, and he'll tell you within a hundred, and how he got it, and how much he owes, and how he gets along with his wife.

Ho! ho! Speakin' of wives, is this Mr.Dunn married ?" He looked at his niece as he asked the question.

There was no reason why Caroline should blush; she knew it, and hated herself for doing it.
"No," she answered, resentfully, "he is not." "Um-hm.

What's his business ?" "He is connected with a produce exchange house, I believe." "One of the firm ?" "I don't know.