“I’m well pleased with the life I lead, Joe.”
“That’s jest the trouble—you’re too well pleased with it.”
“I promise you I’ll reform when I return.”
“An’ you’re goin’ away an’ leave that little sweetheart o’ your’n?”
“You mean Amy Larkin?”
“Of course.”
“Yes, I must leave her. But I shall be back soon—in a few months, perhaps. Then I’ll marry her and settle down—become a model husbandman.”
“You’re puttin’ off till to-morrer what you ort to do to-day.”
“What do you mean, Joe?”