CHAPTER VIII.
WHEREIN ABE MAKES SUNDRY WISE REMARKS TO THE BOY HARRY AND ANNOUNCES HIS PURPOSE TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR THE LEGISLATURE AT KELSO'S DINNER PARTY.
Harry Needles met Bim Kelso on the road next day, when he was going down to see if there was any mail.

She was on her pony.

He was in his new suit of clothes--a butternut background striped into large checks.
"You look like a walking checkerboard," said she, stopping her pony.
"This--this is my new suit," Harry answered, looking down at it.
"It's a tiresome suit," said she impaciently.

"I've been playing checkers on it since I caught sight o' you, and I've got a man crowned in the king row." "I thought you'd like it," he answered, quite seriously, and with a look of disappointment.

"Say, I've got that razor and I've shaved three times already." He took the razor from his pocket and drew it from its case and proudly held it up before her.
"Don't tell anybody," he warned her.