“Have you been stealing anything?”
“Neber stole even a watermillion in all my life.”
“Because, when you were round, the owners watched their property too closely to give you a chance.”
Jethro’s eyes seemed to bulge more than ever. He said in a husky undertone:
“Al, it am wuss dan dem two tings togeder.”
“Ah, I know, then, what it is.”
“WHAT?”
“You have been smoking cigarettes; you look pale round the gills.”
“Pshaw! what’s de matter wid you?” muttered Jethro disgustedly; “you talk as if you didn’t hab no sense.”