Big Brown laboriously read the letter through to the end; When he came to the signature he put his huge hand gently on my shoulder and said:
“Doc, ye needn’t be ashamed uv relations like him, even if he was a gambler. Who was he, anyhow?”
And I was not ashamed as I answered—
“My brother—little Jim.”
TOMMY THE OUTCAST
“Hello, Fido!”
“I beg pardon, sir; did you speak to me?”
“Why, don’t you know me, Fido?”
“Great heavens! Tommy Baker, as I’m alive! Why, what on earth—?”