I kept TELLIN' you to tell me, but--" "You never! You kept sayin'-- " They renewed this discussion, protracting it indefinitely; but as each persisted in clinging to his own interpretation of the facts, the question still remains unsettled.

It was abandoned, or rather, it merged into another during the later stages of the debate, this other being concerned with which of the debaters had the least "sense." Each made the plain statement that if he were more deficient than his opponent in that regard, self-destruction would be his only refuge.

Each declared that he would "rather die than be talked to death"; and then, as the two approached a point bluntly recriminative, Whitey coughed again, whereupon they were miraculously silent, and went into the passageway in a perfectly amiable manner.
"I got to have a good look at him, for once," Penrod said, as he stared frowningly at Whitey.

"We got to fix up about that reward." "I want to take a good ole look at him myself," Sam said.
After supplying Whitey with another bucket of water, they returned to the carriage-house and seated themselves thoughtfully.

In truth, they were something a shade more than thoughtful; the adventure to which they had committed themselves was beginning to be a little overpowering.