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"I'll tell the world he does! He got hold of your old pipe to-day and

was suckin' away on it, I don't kno long Never feazed hiuess he ain't very delicate"

"Yeah I laid that pipe aside etting theh for a ten-year-old"

"I guess you don't realize how that kid's growing!" Bud defended his

handiwork "And tiet the seams sewed, and the side lapped over for

buttons--"

"Yeah Where you going to get the buttons? You never sent for any"

"Oh, I'll find buttons You can donate a couple off soht bad"

"Who? Me? I ain't got enough now to keep the wind out," Cash protested

"Le, you'd have

enough cloth there for two pair of pants You don't need to cut the legs

so long as all that They'll drag on the ground so the poor kid can't

walk in 'elory! Who'sthese pants? Me, or you?" Bud exploded

"If you think you can do any better job than what I'et