"He's a fake," declared Chipper Cooper positively, backing up against the steam radiator to warm himself on the other side. "I'll bet a hundred dollars he never was west of Scranton, Pennsylvania." "A hundred dollars," drawled Sile Crane, grinning. "Why don't yeou bate something while you're abaout it? Nobody'd bother to take a measly little wager like that. Now I've kinder got an idee that the new feller really comes from Texas, jest as he says he does. I guess he ain't no fake." "Oh, is that so " retorted Cooper, a bit warmly. "Well, I'll talk business to you, Mr. Crane; I'll really bet you...
"He's a fake," declared Chipper Cooper positively, backing up against the steam radiator to warm himself on the other side. "I'll bet a hundred dollar...