If there was a nicer place TO go, argues the minister, 'twould help the moral tone of the community consider'ble.
'Why not,' says he to Stingy Gabe, 'start a free club for men that'll make the billiard room look like the tail boat in a race ?' And says Gabe: 'Bully! I'll do it.'" Captain Stitt paused long enough to enjoy a chuckle all by himself.
Before he had quite finished his laugh, slow and reluctant steps were heard on the back platform and Issy appeared on the threshold.

He was without the package, but did not look happy.
"Well, Is," inquired the depot master, "did you give the remains to the Major ?" "Yes, sir," answered Issy.
"Did you tell him how the shockin' fatality happened?
How the thing got broken ?" "Yes, sir, I told him." "What did he say?
Didn't let his angry passions rise, did he ?" "No-o; no, sir, he didn't rise nothin'.

He didn't get mad neither.

But you could see he felt pretty bad.

Talked about 'old family glass' and 'priceless airloons' or some such.