“Remind me to see Gerson to-morrow about that lock on the basement door. The paper’s full of burglars.”
“If I think of it.” She never failed to.
“George and Nettie haven’t been over in a week now.”
“Oh, well, young folks� . Did you stop in and pay that Koritz the fifty cents for pressing your suit?”
“By golly, I forgot again! First thing in the morning.”
A sniff. “Just smell the Yards.” It was Chicago.
“Wind must be from the west.”
Sleep came with reluctant feet, but they wooed her patiently. And presently she settled down