6/29 He was a stupid little thing, but that didn't keep him from being mean. He oughtn't to have been taken in here, for he had a father." "Did you know his father ?" "Who? He had sense enough, but he throw himself away with liquor. He painted a picture of my youngest sister, and everybody said that it favored her mightily, but John wa'n't no manner account." "Do you remember his wife ?" "Not much. |