What'll you take ?" "I'll take a sandwich, if you insist on it." "That's vittles.

What'll you drink ?" "Nothing but water.

That's strong enough for me." "Danged if I don't believe you're a minister in disguise." "I guess I'd make a cur'us preacher," said Joshua, with a comical twist of his features.

"You wouldn't want to hear me preach more'n once." In this way our friend Mr.Bickford managed to evade the hospitable invitations of his comrades and still retain their good-will--not always an easy thing to achieve in those times.
Joe was equally positive in declining to drink, but it was easier for him to escape.

Even the most confirmed drinkers felt it to be wrong to coax a boy to drink against his will.
There was still another--Kellogg--who steadfastly adhered to cold water, or tea and coffee, as a beverage.