Now, I don't say that Bibbs has got the idea in his head yet--'r else he wouldn't be talkin' that fool-talk about nine dollars a week bein' good enough for him to live on.

But it's COMIN', papa, and he'll JUMP for whatever you want to hand him out.

He will! And I can tell you this much, too: he'll want all the salary and stock he can get hold of, and he'll hustle to keep gettin' more.

That girl's the kind that a young husband just goes crazy to give things to! She's pretty and fine-lookin', and things look nice on her, and I guess she'd like to have 'em about as well as the next.

And I guess she isn't gettin' many these days, either, and she'll be pretty ready for the change.