"Tut! tut! tut! you're wet! Been some time sence I fussed with button boots; lace or long-legged cowhides come handier.

Never wore cowhides, did you ?" "No, sir." "I s'pose not.

I used to when I was little.

Remember the first pair I had.

Copper toes on 'em--whew! The copper was blacked over when they come out of the store and that wouldn't do, so we used to kick a stone wall till they brightened up.