16/28 Get your crowd and enlighten them--it'll be better than a circus. This may sound like a steer, but it's straight." Hopalong thought for a minute and then leaned on the cigar case: "I reckon I'll take about a dozen of yore very best cigars, Charley. Got any real high-toned brands ?" "Cortez panatella--two for a simoleon," Chancy replied. "But, seein' that it's you, I'll throw off a dollar on a dozen. They're a fool notion of the old man, for we can't sell one in a month." Hopalong dug up a handful and threw one on the counter, lighting another: "Yu light a Cortez panatella with me," he said, pocketing the remainder. |