lady allus speaks Amehican to me, but th' old folks cain't talk
it ver' well. They all been to Frisco, an' the hired he'p they's
got with 'em say they been to Mexico, too. Th' young lady's got
good Amehican dollahs, don' care wha' she's been. She allus
smiles when she ask me to do anythin', an' I wouldn' care if she
nevah tipped me, 's long as she smiles thataway."

"Servants with them, you say?"

"Yas, suh; man an' woman, nex' section t'other side the ole
folks. Cain't say mor'n fifteen words in Amehican. Th' woman is
huh maid, an' the man he's th' genial hustler fer th' hull
pahty."

"And you don't know her name?"

"No, sun, an' I cain't ver' well fin' out."

"In what part of Europe does she live?"

"Australia, I think, suh."

"You mean Austria."

"Do I? 'Scuse ma ig'nance. I was jis' guessin' at it anyhow;
one place's as good as 'nother ovah thuh, I reckon."

"Have you one of those dollars she gave you?"

"Yes, sub. Heh's a coin that ain' Amehican, but she says it's