As Sammy slipped in, with the inevitable grin on his face, although he was doing his best to suppress it, Ned looked up and asked: "How's the weather outside ?" "It is settled," replied Sammy, with a meaning wink.
"Do you think it will be a cold night ?" "It will be for some folks." "When the weather is cold down East, they call it nipping." "Well, it will be nipping to-night for some people." "In that case, somebody will have to be stirring." "That's right." "Yaw," said Hans, with a lazy yawn, "I pet me your life some folks peen plame fools enough to peen sdirring to-nighd.

Dot makes me dired.

Vy in dunder don'd dey gid in dere peds und sday dere, ain'd id ?" "Oh, some people don't know enough for that," said Ned Gray.

"And then there are people who are afraid to go to bed at this season of the year." "Vot vos dot?
Afrait uf vot ?" "Centipedes." "Vot vos cendibedes ?" "They are a creature with a poisonous bite, and they are all sizes from the bigness of a pea to one as large as your hand." "Oh, phwat are yez givin' av us!" cried Barney Mulloy, derisively.

"Is it idiots or fools ye take us fer, Oi dunno ?" "Oh, I am telling you the sober truth," declared Ned, with the utmost seriousness, while Sammy Smiles got behind the visitors and stuffed his handkerchief into his mouth to keep from shrieking with laughter.