The Worsted Man
yere one's done been scorched a bit, but it woyks all right.
Doll. It s pretty cold though, now.
Bell-Boy. Yassir. Das de trouble wid dese scorched ones — dey cools off arter a while — das what dey calls de marble heart, suh. Look at dis yere, Mistuh Woolley. (Holds up a heart about three times as large as the rest.) Ain't dat a winner? It s one o' dem hotel hearts.
Doll. Hotel hearts, boy?
Bell-Boy. Yassir, big enough to hold an excoysion party.
Doll. It's a beauty. (Holding it up admiringly.) I should have thought its owner would have reclaimed it, it's so exceptionally large and roomy.
Bell-Boy. I guess he must o' been a Mormon and didn't want to let on. (Pauses.) Well, dar dey is. Yo can take your pick foh a dollar, suh.
Doll. How much for the lot?
52
