“‘I do,’ says he.
“‘I kin give ’em to you,’ says I, ‘but I hain’t never give nobody a bath yet. You’ll have to take your own bath.’
“He kind of laughed at that and said he calc’lated to if I would supply the bath-room.
“‘Bath-room,’ says I. ‘D’you mean one of them new-fangled affairs with a tub a body kin lay down in, and with water squirtin’ hot and cold out of nozzles?’
“‘Precisely,’ says he.
“‘Hain’t got none,’ says I. ‘But if you need a bath bad we kin set in a washtub f’r you and one of the boys ’ll fetch you a kittle of hot water.’
“He laughed again. ‘Wait, my friend,’ says he. ‘You’ll have bathtubs before I’m through with you, and many other comforts and luxuries you never dreamed of.’
“‘Do tell,’ says I. ‘Goin’ to stay long in our midst?’
“‘I am thinking,’ said he, ‘of establishing a large branch of my principal industry here. I shall be with you for some time.’
“‘Livin’ in this hotel?’