Hezekiah. (In a stentorian voice.) Move, and I kill you! (Barney motionless.) Drop that gun! (Drops it.) Hands up! (Holds up hands.) Right about! (As Barney turns, Hez. breaks down in loud laughter.)
Barney. Don’t you do that again; I might kill you sometime.
Hezekiah. Scartest man I ever looked at!
Barney. No sir—
Hezekiah. I see the bristles risin’ up the whole length er your back!
Barney. No sir. I was playin’ wid yer.
Hezekiah. Say, Barney, wasn’t ye scart?
Barney. I might be narvous a little.
Hezekiah. (Pulling bottle.) S’pose we have a little nerve powder. (Hands bottle to Barney.)
Barney. I was always a friend to that! Here’s to George Washington and Danny O’Connell. The two boys ye can’t make afraid or ashamed of the country that giv em their first pertaties. (Drinks, and hands bottle to Hez.)