I'm goin' to jine the men's club.' "'You BE ?' says I, surprised enough, for Simmons was a billiard-roomer from 'way back.
"'Yup,' he says.

'I'll be voted in at next meetin', sure.

I'm studyin' up on parchesi now.' "'Hum!' I says, thinkin'.

'How you goin to vote ?' "'Me ?' says he.

'Me?
Why, man, I wonder at you! Can't you see the fires of Conservatism blazin' in my eyes?
I'm Conservative bred and Conservative born, and when I'm dead there'll be a Conservative gone.
By, by.