Ho, ho!" He roared at his own pleasantry.

Captain Shadrach, however, did not laugh.
"Some folks ?" he repeated, tartly.

"What are you talkin' about?
What folks ?" "Oh, I ain't sayin' what folks.

I'm just sayin' SOME folks.

Ho, ho! You know what I mean, don't you, Mary-'Gusta ?" Before Mary could reply the Captain cut in again.
"No, she don't know what you mean, neither," he declared, with emphasis.
"That's enough of that now, Isaiah.