"You may think us a little weak ourselves," said Cohen, apologetically. "But my wife and mother wouldn't part with him if he was a still worse encumbrance. It isn't that we don't know the long and short of matters, but it's our principle. There's fools do business at a loss and don't know it. I'm not one of 'em."

"You may think us a little weak," said Cohen, apologetically. "But we wouldn't part with him if he was a still worse encumbrance. It isn't that we don't know the long and short of matters, but it's our principle."
