The mainland beach was in sight but that's all except salt water and rain.
"He was surprisin'ly cheerful all that day, eatin' like a horse and givin' up his meal checks without a whimper.

If things had been different from what they was I'd have felt like a mean sneak thief.
BEIN' as they was, I counted up the hundred and ten I'd made that day without a pinch of conscience.
"This was a Wednesday.

On Thursday, the third day of our Robinson Crusoe business, the weather was still thick, though there was signs of clearin'.

Fatty come to me after breakfast--which cost him thirty-five, payable, as usual, to 'Bearer'-- with almost a grin on his big face.
"'Berry,' he says, 'I owe you an apology.

I thought you was a green Rube, like the rest down here, but you're as sharp as they make 'em.