"Look here," I remarked, "hair getting thin, eh?"
"Sure, it is."
"Seems to me you ought to charge me half price, since the quantity has
fallen off so."
"It would 'pear so, sah, but on de udder hand I orter charge double
price."
"How's that, Zacharia?"
"Jest see what trouble I has to find it."
Last summer I took Zacchy out in the country with me, as he wanted a
change.
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He did the chores around the place, you know, tended the horse, made
the garden, cut the lawn.
It was quite a change for him.
And I guess he was awful glad to get back to town again.
Well, Zacchy has a pretty good disposition, easy-going, you know, like
most darkies.
My wife noticed that right away.
It takes the women to see through things.
And she had the strongest way of remedying the trouble you ever heard
of.
Would you believe it, one day she came to me all smiles, and she said:
"George, dear, I want you to be sure and give Zacharia a good scolding
to-morrow morning."