I don't know whether you ever noticed it or not, Tom, but McMakin's eyes had a way of looking almost like cross-eyes when he was startled or excited.

They were a good deal too near together at any time.

He gave me such a look when our eyes met in the mirror that, for an instant, I thought that he intended to do me some mischief--shoot me, you know, for taking his bride-to-be away from him, or some fool thing like that.

But as we turned toward each other I saw he had no intention of that sort." "Hadn't he ?" says Colonel Tom, mighty interested.
"No," says the doctor, looking at Colonel Tom very puzzled, "did you think he had ?" "Yes, I did," says the colonel, right thoughtful.
"On the contrary," says Armstrong, "we had a drink together.

And he congratulated me.