You can't always tell, maybe somethin'll happen.' "I was on hand, all right, and somethin' did happen, two somethin's, in fact.

We hadn't much more'n got in our seats afore the door opened, and in walked Gaius Ellis, arm in arm with a man; and the man was the Honorable Stingy Gabe Atkinson Holway.
"'Gentlemen,' sings out Gaius, bubblin' over with joy, 'I propose three cheers for our founder, who has returned to us after his long absence.' "We give the cheers--that is, some of the folks did.

Bassett and our gang wa'n't cheerin' much; they looked as if somebody had passed 'em a counterfeit note.

You see, Gabe Holway was one of the hide-boundest Progressives afloat, and a blind man could see who'd got him back again and which way he'd vote.

It sartinly looked bad for Bassett now.
"Gaius proposes that, out of compliment, as founder of the club, Mr.
Holway be asked to preside.