He come from this part of the country, an' we was young fellers together thirty years ago.

I've had a good many deals with him and through him, an' he never give me a wrong steer, fur 's I know.

That is, I never done as he told me without comin' out all right, though he's give me a good many pointers I never did nothin' about.
'Tain't nec'sary to name no names, but 'Bangs Galilee' means 'buy pork,' an' as I've ben watchin' the market fer quite a spell myself, an' standard pork 's a good deal lower 'n it costs to pack it, I've made up my mind to buy a few thousan' barrels fer fam'ly use.

It's a handy thing to have in the house," declared Mr.Harum, "an' I thought mebbe it wouldn't be a bad thing fer you to have a little.

It looks cheap to me," he added, "an' mebbe bime-by what you don't eat you c'n sell." "Well," said John, laughing, "you see me at table every day and know what my appetite is like.