135/173 In rainy weather he would sing. You don't believe that," he vociferated. "Haven't I got the toad at home now in a bottle of alcohol." And the old man, never doubting, his eyes starting, wagged his head in amazement. Tell us another." "That reminds me of a story," hazarded old Broderson uncertainly; "once when I was a lad in Ukiah, fifty years." "Oh, yes," cried half a dozen voices, "THAT'S a pretty good one. Tell us another." "Eh--wh--what ?" murmured Broderson, looking about him. |