"How's he getting along?"
"Oh, first rate—devilish lucky man."
"He's getting hold of considerable land, hain't he?"
"Yes a deal—devilish lucky man.
"Yes—large—devilish lucky man."
"Look here, Squar," said the countryman, evidently puzzled at R———s being so devilish lucky.
"What do you mean about his being so lucky?"
"Mean? why I call any man lucky that practices law twenty years in Illinoiss, and don't get into the penitentiary."