"I don't see why you want to publish my disgrace." "You deserve it," chuckled the colonel.

"It won't hurt for Johnny to know it though.

He's the shrewdest young man of my acquaintance, and he might be able to figure a way out of your dilemma for you." "I might even be able to make some money out of it myself," Johnny frankly acknowledged.
"Jump right in and welcome, young man," invited Courtney.

"If you can pull me out whole I don't care how much you make." "We'll consider that a bargain," offered Gamble.
"All right," returned Courtney, smiling.

"We'll shake hands on it in the good old-fashioned way." And they did so, under Colonel Bouncer's earnestly interested approval.
"Tell him your troubles," urged the colonel.