? ? ? ? "I bleeve I could smoke this pipe all day," said Joe. "I don't feel sick."
? ? ? ? "Neither do I," said Tom. "I could smoke it all day. But I bet you Jeff Thatcher couldn't."
? ? ? ? "Jeff Thatcher! Why he'd keel over just with two draws. Just let him try it once. He'd see!"
? ? ? ? "I bet he would. And Johnny Miller- I wish I could see Johnny Miller tackle it once."
? ? ? ? "O, don't I" said Joe, "Why I bet you Johnny Miller couldn't any more do this than nothing. Just one little snifter would fetch him."
? ? ? ? "'Deed it would, Joe. Say- I wish the boys could see us now."
? ? ? ? "So do I."
? ? ? ? "Say- boys, don't say anything about it, and some time when they're around, I'll come up to you and say 'Joe, got a pipe? I want a smoke.' And you'll say, kind of careless like, as if it warn't anything, you'll say, 'Yes, I got my old pipe, and another one, but my tobacker ain't very good.' I'll say, 'O, that's all right, if it's strong enough.
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