Could he believe his ears? Here was this young man, a
millionaire's son, saying that he would have backed him up in business
but for the fact that he had told him a wrong story. Hiram scratched his
head and looked perplexed.
"True as I live, Mr. Sawyer, I don't remember ever tellin' you a lie
since I've known yer. I may have added a little somethin' to some of my
stories that I have brought inter yer, jest to make them a little more
interesting and p'r'aps ter satisfy a little pussonal spite that I might
have agin some o' the parties that I was tellin' yer about, but I know
as well's I'm standin' here that I never told yer nothin' in the way of
a lie to work yer any injury. You've alwus treated me white, and if
there's one thing that Mandy Skinner says she can't abear, it's a man
that tells lies."
"Then," remarked Quincy with a smile, "you think a good deal of Miss
Mandy Skinner's opinion?"
"I ain't never seen any girl whose opinion I think more of," answered
Hiram.
"Did you ever see any girl that you thought more of?" continued Quincy.
"Waal, I guess it's an open secret 'round town," said Hiram, "that I'd
marry her quicker'n lightnin', if she'd have me.
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