"I wish I knew for a fact whether all this is straight goods, Andy," he said pensively.

"Chances are you're just stringing me.
But if you are, old boy, I'm going to take it outa your hide--and don't you forget that." He grinned at his own mental predicament.

"Honest, Andy, is this some josh, or do you mean it ?" "By gracious, I wish it was a josh! But it ain't, darn it.

In about two weeks or so you'll all see the point of this joke--but whether the joke's on us or on the homeseekers' Syndicate depends on you fellows.
Lord! I wish I'd never told a lie!" Weary sat knocking his heels rhythmically against the side of the box while he thought the matter over from start to hypothetical finish and back again.

Meanwhile Andy Green went on with his work and scowled over his well-earned reputation that hampered him now just when he needed the confidence of his fellows in order to save their beloved Flying U from slow annihilation.