"I've got somethin' to tell you." Captain Sam opened the window.

Gabriel's face was aglow with excitement.

"Say! Say!" he cried.

"Did he tell you?
Did he tell you ?" "Did who tell what ?" demanded the captain.
"Did Phin Babbitt tell you what was in that telegram he just got?
What did he say when he read it?
Did he swear?
I bet he did! If that telegram wan't some surprise to old Babbitt, then--" "Do you know what 'twas--what the telegram was ?" "Do I?
You bet you I do! And I'm the only one in this town except Phin and Jim Bailey that does know.

I was in the telegraph office when Jim took it over the wire.