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"Not on your tin-type," said Old Mizzou with confidence

"Have you looked it up?"

"I does better than that At that point I shore becons from th' Company! A'ter that I talks assessment work I tells

him advice, jest as a friend If he believes th' same, an' it ain't so,

why thet's unfort'nit, but they can't do anythin' t' me I'm jest an

outsider He is responsible to th' Coo to th' books, and not to frien's who enius!" exclaier heartily

"I tells you I becoed the old man with just

pride "But now you sees it ain't delikit that my name appears in th'

case a tall Folks is so suspicious these yere days, that if I has a

share, and Arthur yere has a share, they says p'rhaps we has this yere

scheets theer, they thinks how fortinit that

Slayton is t' git onto it, and they puts pore Ole Mizzou down as

becohed

"It's easy," he re, and you can bet

your sweet life I'll push 'eh for all there is in it Why,

boys, you're rich! You won't have anything more to do the rest of your

mortal days, unless you want to"