You've heard of Stingy Gabe, ain't you ?" "I guess we've all heard somethin' about him," laughed Captain Sol; "but we're willin' to hear more.

He was a reformer, wa'n't he ?" "He sartin was! Ho! ho!" "For the land sakes, tell it, Bailey," demanded Mr.Gott impatiently.
"Don't sit there bouncin' and gurglin' and gettin' purple in the face.
Tell it, or you'll bust tryin' to keep it in." "Oh, it's a great, long--" began Captain Bailey protestingly.
"Go on," urged Phinney.

"We've got more time than anything else, the most of us.

Who was this Stingy Gabe ?" "Yes," urged Gott, "and what did he reform ?" Captain Stitt held up a compelling hand.

"It's all of a piece," he interrupted.