"'He's the man who sold scraps and offal to the Government for canned beef—'" [322]

"'So you see there is nothing, Van, that you can give me that I should want to take'" [333]

"'Do you remember how I used to wash while you wiped, when we wanted to get out buggy-riding, May?'" [341]

"'It was good sausage, Slo! At least it was when we made it'" [350]



CHAPTER I

THE LAKE FRONT IN CHICAGO