After some persuasion Barzilla agreed.

So they sat down to await Issy's arrival.

The depot master could not leave the station until the "assistant" arrived.
"Well, Barzilla," asked Captain Sol, "what's the newest craze over to the hotel ?" "The newest," said Wingate, with a grin, "is automobiles." "Automobiles?
Why, I thought 'twas baseball." "Baseball was last summer.

We had a championship team then.

Yes, sir, we won out, though for a spell it looked pretty dubious.