You jest ask Alf Reesling what kind of a pumper I am." "Who is Alf Reesling ?" "Ain't you heerd of him in Boston?
Why, every temperance lecturer that comes here says he's the biggest drunkard in the world.

I supposed his reputation had got to Boston by this time.

He's been sober only once in twenty-five years." "Is it possible ?" "That was when his wife died.

He said he felt so good it wasn't necessary to get drunk.

Well, I'll tell you all about it when I come back.