"I guess it's time you had him, too.

I KNEW Bibbs--" "Now, mamma, hold your horses! I wanted him to look Bibbs over BEFORE anything's the matter.

You don't suppose I'm goin' to take any chances with BIBBS, do you?
Well, afterwards, I shut the door, and I an' ole Gurney had a talk.

He's a mighty disagreeable man; he rubbed it in on me what he said about Bibbs havin' brains if he ever woke up.

Then I thought he must want to get something out o' me, he go so flattering--for a minute! 'Bibbs couldn't help havin' business brains,' he says, 'bein' YOUR son.