"STINGY GABE" "And that," said Captain Bailey, mollified by the renewed interest of his listeners, "was, 'Bully! I'll do it!' "So he calls a meetin' of everybody interested, at his new house.

About every respectable man in town was there, includin' me.

Most of the billiard-room gang was there, likewise.

Jotham, of course, wa'n't invited.
"Gabe calls the meetin' to order and the minister makes a speech tellin' about the scheme.

'Our generous and public-spirited citizen, Honorable Atkinson Holway,' had offered to build a suitable clubhouse, fix it up, and donate it to the club, them and their heirs forever, Amen.