I disliked to use them in this cold, but Charlie had gone with the car to Kennard.

Va! He is never at home any more.

It would be well if I made him drive a team on your ditch." "Send him along; I'll give him a job," Lee said.
The banker shook his head.
"He would say I was crazy and he wouldn't come.

He doesn't even attend to matters that require attention.

This winter he has been running too much with idle men in town and spending money as if it took no effort to get it, as if it could be picked off of weeds.