Looks to me like you ain't drinking," he said to the proprietor.
The fat man waved the suggestion aside.

"Never touch it," he assured them.

"Used to indulge a little in light wines and beers when the country was wet, but when it went dry the stuff didn't mean enough to me to make it worth while dodging the law.

I just manage to keep a little of it around for old friends and men out of a dry country." "But we got a funny habit out in our country.

We can't no ways drink unless the gent that's setting them out takes something himself.