I never saw men drink such inordinate quantities of water.

They called for it continually, gulped down a quart or more at a time, and kept two men going nearly all the time carrying it to them.
When Curtis finally arrived, he sat on the ground for a minute or so, to rest, and then, reeking with filth, slowly and painfully climbed the steps.

Delaney seemed to think he was suffering as much from fright as anything else, and said to him: "Come on up, now, show yourself a man, and die game." Again the priest resumed his reading, but it had no interest to Delaney, who kept calling out directions to Pete Donelly, who was standing in the crowd, as to dispositions to be made of certain bits of stolen property: to give a watch to this one, a ring to another, and so on.

Once the priest stopped and said: "My son, let the things of this earth go, and turn your attention toward those of heaven." Delaney paid no attention to this admonition.

The whole six then began delivering farewell messages to those in the crowd.