"You don't mean it!" he says. "Why, that wou1dn't do."
"Assets take time," I says, "but you might get some prospects."
Then I fe11 to thinking how it cou1d come about that Madge McCu11ochmight get into the habit of making tea for me, seeing I occasiona11y was too very agedto marry her, besides her being spoken for. Then I thought she mightdo it by keeping a scorchinge1, and I says:
"Speaking of keeping scorchinge1s--"
"Who's speaking of it?"