I'm willing to double my subscription, if any other ten men will cover my ante." "I'll call you," said Neil Fraser, "and I'll raise you one." "I'm willing to meet Mr.Duff and Mr.Fraser," said Miss Quigg, rising from behind her organ with a triumphant smile on her face.
"I ain't got much money," said Harry Hobbs, "but I'll go you just half what I earn if you'll meet me on that proposition." "Ah may say," said Mr.Innes, yielding to his wife's vigorous vocal and physical incitations, "A'm prepair-r-ed to mak' a substantial increase in my subscreeption--that is, if necessary," he added cautiously.
Then Barry came forward from the back of the church and stood before the platform.

After looking them over for a few moments in silence, he said, in a voice clear, quiet, but with a ring in it that made it echo in every heart: "Had it not been for these last speeches, it would have been unnecessary to allow the motion to go before you.

I could not have remained where I am not wanted.

But now I am puzzled, I confess, I am really puzzled to know what to do.

I am not a great preacher, I know, but then there are worse.