“Now, have you ever clipped a red-skin top-knot?”
“Me! Why, of course not!”
“Then you can’t tell anything about it, my good friend without experimenting. I and any one else can see what a disgusting”——
“Beg pardon, George, I can’t you know.”
“Any one else can see what a disgusting practice it is. You have seen it thus. It struck you as such when you first contemplated it, and you admit that it required considerable effort before you could bring yourself to it.”
“Wal, now, George, it lays all in edycation. You know what imps these Shawnees are; and where they have done as them have, I can’t see the harm of serving them in the same way—can’t see the difference to save my life.”
“It’s no use talking with you, I see, Thomas. I am sorry that you are so wedded to the practice; but it will make no difference in my respect for you. We are old friends, remember, and I am glad to see you any time. Pardon me for keeping you talking so long, when I should have asked you to rest and refresh yourself.”
“Thank you, George, I don’t need rest. ’Cause why? I ain’t tired. And as for refreshments, I don’t know much about them.”
“Wel, then, consider this your home as long as you are willing to remain with us, which I trust will not be a very brief period. Do you bring any news?”
“I have a little, which I’ll give you after a while.”