It never come to me in this way afore." Benedict could not help smiling at this new exhibition of sympathy; for Jim, in the comprehension of his feelings in the possible event of possessing offspring, had arrived at a more vivid sense of his companion's bereavement.
"Now, I tell ye what it is," said Jim.

"You an' me has got to be brushin' round.

We can't set here an' think about them that's gone; an' now I want to tell ye 'bout another thing that Mr.Balfour said.

Says he: 'Jim, if ye're goin' to build a house, build a big one, an' keep a hotel.

I'll fill it all summer for ye,' says he.