NELLY—"I don't care if he is. My father is a real estate man, and he knows more about lying than your father does."
REALISM
The storekeeper at Yount, Idaho, tells the following tale of Ole Olson, who later became the little town's mayor.
"One night, just before closin' up time, Ole, hatless, coatless, and breathless, come rushin' into the store, an' droppin' on his knees yelled, 'Yon, Yon, hide me, hide me! Ye sheriff's after me!'
"'I've no place to hide you here, Ole,' said I.
"'You moost, you moost!' screamed Ole.
"'Crawl into that gunny-sack then,' said I.
"He'd no more'n gotten hid when in runs the sheriff.
"'Seen Ole?' said he.