What you've got to tell me now is that it ain't so.

You ain't goin' to--to try to--to--" His friend interrupted.

"Captain Bangs," he said, sharply, "this is a practical world we live in.

You and I have had that preached to us; at least I have and you were present during the sermon.

I don't know how you feel, of course; but henceforth I propose to be the most practical man you ever saw." "Consarn your practicality! Are you goin' to help that--that gold-dust twin--that cussed relation of yours, grab Thankful Barnes' house and land from her ?" "Look here, Bangs; when the--gold-dust twin isn't bad--when the twin offered me the position of his attorney and the blanket retainer along with it, who was it that hesitated concerning my acceptance?
You?
I don't remember that you did.