He make me so much trouble. I am mistake for him so many times."
Gusher now proposed that they should fill their glasses again, which
they did, the rest of the company joining and drinking to the health of
the family.
"That he is taken for you," resumed Romer, "might be considered a
compliment, as far as looks go. If I remember right the fellow was
exceedingly handsome."
This seemed to excite Gusher's vanity. Laying his hand patronizingly on
Romer's arm, he looked up in his face with a smile of injured innocence.
"I care nosin for myself; it is wiz mine friend he make me so much
trouble."
"You're to be pitied, sir, very much to be pitied. Of course you are not
Pinto, and yet the dashing, handsome fellow will insist in trafficking
on your reputation. How very aggravating to a gentleman of your
position. It requires a genius to do that well. That's what I admired
Pinto for. The fellow had such a number of family histories at his
tongue's end, and could apply any one of them so cleverly to his own
case. In short, he knew exactly how to suit his customer.
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