I watched ye putty close--closter 'n you knowed of, I guess.

I seen right off that you was goin' to fill your collar, fur's the work was concerned, an' though you didn't know nobody much, an' couldn't have no amusement to speak on, you didn't mope nor sulk, an' what's more--though I know I advised ye to stay there fer a spell longer when you spoke about boardin' somewhere else--I know what the Eagle tavern is in winter; summer, too, fer that matter, though it's a little better then, an' I allowed that air test 'd be final.

He, he, he! Putty rough, ain't it ?" "It is, rather," said John, laughing.

"I'm afraid my endurance is pretty well at an end.

Elright's wife is ill, and the fact is, that since day before yesterday I have been living on what I could buy at the grocery--crackers, cheese, salt fish, canned goods, _et cetera_." "Scat my -- --!" cried David.