"I think we have got Uncle Russell," said one of the promoters. "I really believe we have won his confidence."
"I fear not," observed the other doubtfully. "He is too suspicious."
"Suspicious? I didn't observe any sign of it."
"Didn't you notice that he counted his fingers after I had shaken hands with him and we were coming away?"
PROMOTION
Promotion cometh neither from the east nor the west, but from the cemetery.—Edward Sanford Martin.
PROMPTNESS
"Are you first in anything at school, Earlie?"