'You lost five hundred and I've paid you five hundred and five.

What's the five for ?' "'That's my commission on the sales,' I says.
"And just then comes a hail from outside the shanty.

Out we bolted and there was Sam Davis, just steppin' ashore from his power boat.
Williams's housekeeper had strained a p'int and had shaded her orders by a couple of days.
"Williams and Sam started for home right off.

I followed in the Shootin' Star, havin' borrered gasoline enough for the run.

I reached the dock ha'f an hour after they did, and there was Fatty waitin' for me.
"'Berry,' says he, 'I've got a word or two to say to you.