"
"Didn't know I was sich a good teacher, Lije. Don't you want a few
lessons? Go on, Kintchin." The negro slowly went away, looking back and
shaking his head, and Starbuck added: "Peters, I'm afraid I'll have to
furgit my raisin' an' ask you what you want."
"I want to give you the opportunity to have some sense."
"Well, now, Lije, it's mighty kind of you to be givin' out that sort of
artickle. Puts me in mind of the old feller that give away his shirts
when he didn't have none to spare."
"Good natchul talk, Starbuck--natchul as the squawk of a duck. But I
didn't come here to swop the perlitenesses of the season."
"No?" said Starbuck.
"You know I have been out of the neighborhood an' ain't had a chance to
talk business until lately."
"That's so."
"And you ought to know what that business is."
"Yes, I know."
"Even if a man is gittin' old, Starbuck, thar ain't no reason why he
should be a fool."
"That's a fact, Lije."
"And the biggest fool in the world, Starbuck, is the man that won't keep
out of trouble when he kin.
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