“Why, of course you could, Tom; ain’t I doin’ it?”
“Well, yes, I s’pose you are, Bob, but then you can do ’most anything.”
“That ain’t so, Tom. You can do it jest as well as what I can, ef you only try.”
“I never thought about that before, Bob,” said Tom, thoughtfully. “Who could I get to learn me?”
“You mustn’t say ‘learn you,’ Tom. Herbert says that hain’t right.”
“What is it, then, Bob?”
“He says I must say ‘teach me,’ because I’ve got to do the learning myself.”
“Well, that’s too much for me, Bob; I want to start in on somethin’ easier.”
At length this discussion ended by Tom falling in with Bob’s opinion as usual, and by his agreeing to commence at once attending an evening school.