“My cripes!” sez Muley. “What do yuh think I’m goin’ to do--finance uh
weddin’?”
“Friendship is uh great asset,” I orates. “Telescope is our pal, and I
reckon he’d do as much fer us. You must remember he’s the Jasper what
wrote most uh that poetry what kept you out of the pen.”
“I got ten what ain’t workin’,” sez he. “I ain’t no piker, Hen.”