Dave chuckled and nodded. "Yo're drinkin' it. If yo're satisfied, I am. I can't do it at th' bar, where th' bottle passes; but it'll be easy if yo're playin' cards."
CHAPTER VII
HUNTING WITH THE HOUNDS
Johnny entered the kitchen, looked at the stove and went into the dining-room, where George was playing solitaire. "That's a bad habit, George," he said, shaking his head. "It don't get you nothin'."
George made a play and looked up. "Aimin' to get me into a two-handed game of somethin'?" he queried.
"No; I ain't," answered Johnny. "I was just wonderin' how long you was goin' to play it."
"I'm goin' to play it till I have to start cookin'," said George, determinedly.
"Then you ain't goin' to stand over that hot stove for more'n an hour, are you?"