Lordy, how the rest of us did holler! but you never cracked a smile.

If you'd seen yourself when we hauled you in! whiskers runnin' salt water; beaver hat lookin' like a drownded kitten--" "There! There! Never mind that.

I think you'll find a good many of the society feel as I do, shocked and--hum--ha!--sorry.

I'm surprised they haven't been here to say so." "I expected them," remarked the minister.
"So did I," chimed in Captain Zeb.

"But I cal'late to know why they ain't been.