An uncle of hers lost his house in that way.

I suppose you don't smoke, Walton ?" "No, sir." "Clapp smokes for his health.

You see how stout and robust he is," said the editor, a little satirically.
"It doesn't do me any harm," said Clapp, a little testily.
"Oh, well, I don't interfere with you, though I think you would be better off if you should give up the habit.

Ferguson don't smoke." This was the other compositor, a man of thirty, whose case was not far distant from Clapp's.
"I can't afford it," said Ferguson; "nor could Clapp, if he had a wife and two young children to support." "Smoking doesn't cost much," said the younger journeyman.
"So you think; but did you ever reckon it up ?" "No." "Don't you keep any accounts ?" "No; I spend when I need to, and I can always tell how much I have left.

What's the use of keeping accounts ?" "You can tell how you stand." "I can tell that without taking so much trouble." "You see we must all agree to disagree," said Mr.Anderson.