"Well as anybody."
"Wot'll my mudder say, w'en she gits de news? You isn't a jokin', is you, Dab Kinzer?"
"Joking? I guess not."
"You's lit on me powerful sudden, 'bout dis. Yonder's Ford an' Frank a-comin'. Don't tell 'em, not jist yet."
"They know all about it. They helped raise the money."
"Did dey? Well, 'taint no use. All I's good for is eels and crabs and clams and sech. Har dey come. Oh, my!"
But Ford and Frank brought a fresh gust of enthusiasm with them, and they had Dick and his eels up from the grass in short order. "We must see Mrs. Lee right away," said Ford. "It would never do to let Dick tell her."
"I HASN'T SAID HE MIGHT GO."
"Guess dat's so," said Dick.