'Are you goin' out o' the bizness ?' "'No, I'm only goin' to change that sign from "Dan'l Borem" to "Borem and Lummox,"' sez I.

'I've concluded it's cheaper for me to take you inter partnership now than to continue in this way, which would only end in your hevin' to take me in later.

I preferred to DO IT FUST.'" VII A rich man, and settled in business, John Lummox concluded that he would marry Mary Bike.

With that far-sighted logic which had always characterized him he reasoned that, having first met her on a liner, he would find her again on one if he took passage to Europe.

He did--but she was down on the passenger list as Mrs.Edwin Wraggles.