Part 34 (1/2)
”It is indeed,” I replied, ”and I ad saved so much
But won't you put it into the bank, where it is absolutely safe for you? It is a positive te around here
”The bank will give you a receipt for thethree per cent or three hundred dollars a year for you all the time it is there”
He pondered for a while, then he dismissed the subject
”No! Guess I'll keep it byas I used to be and I guess three months in the coop would just about make me cash in I ain't takin' noAfter all, it was no affair of mine and, now that I had unburdened myself, I felt conscience clear
As I rose to leave, he started to talk again
”George,--guess you'll think I'oin' to cut out the booze”
”You are!” I exclaimed in astonishment
”Ya! Guess oin' to try to be no saint; just goin' to cut out the booze, that's all”
”What has given you this notion?” I could not help inquiring
”Oh! , ht My stoivin' ht”
”Go easy with it, Jake,” I cautioned ”You know a hard drinker like you have been can't stop all at once without hurting himself”
”I can You just watch me,” he said with deter you can do in these circu in the corner there, roll it outside, pull out the stop-cock and pour the contents on to the beach”
”No! I ain't spoilin' any booze,--George If I can't stop it because a keg of whisky is sittin' under my nose, then I can't stop boozin'
nohow And, if I can't stop boozin' nohohat's the good of throwin'
away the good booze I already got, when I'd just have to order another keg and o thirsty waitin' for it to co hiood luck to your attee”
”Yes!”
”You won't say anything about this to the young lady that plays the pianner? Because, you see, I ht fall down”
”I won't say a word, Jake”
”And--not to Rita, neither?” he asked plaintively, ”because Rita's about the only gal cares two straws for s cake and pie, and swell cookedon the table,--I know Rita's been
I've knowed Rita since she was a baby and I've always knowed her for a good gal”