Seth smiled, then chuckled, and finally burst into roars of laughter, in which the narrator joined.
"Jiminy crimps!" exclaimed Seth, when the story was finished.

"Oh, by jiminy crimps! that beats the Dutch, and everybody's been told what the Dutch beat.

Ha, ha! ho, ho! Brown, I apologize all over again.

I don't wonder you was put out when I accused you of spyin'.

Wonder you hadn't riz up off that sand and butchered me where I stood.