"Two things have puzzled me about that stump, and, indeed, I might say three things.

Why did he take such a time to drive?
and why would he never stand up like a man?
and why wouldn't he go away when he ought to ?" "Because he had the best of all reasons, Uncle Sam.

He was anchored on his gold, as I have read in French, and he had a good right to be crooked about it, and no power could get him away from it." "Hush, my dear, hush! It is not at all good for young people to let their minds run on so.

But this gold looks very good indeed.

Are you sure that it is a fair sample, and that there is any more of it ?" "How can you be so dreadfully provoking, Uncle Sam, when I tell you that I saw it with my own eyes?
And there must be at least half a ton of it." "Well, half a hundred-weight will be enough for me.