At length, in a very pathetic part of the first act, Griswold leaned over to Joe Gamp, and whispered:
"It is very touching, isn't it?"
"Yes," said the country boy, chokingly, "it mum-mum-mum-makes me fuf-fuf-fuf-feel like th-th-thunder!"
He nearly blubbered outright, for he had never seen many plays, having found it necessary to spend his money with the greatest care, as he was confined to a certain allowance to take him through college.
"And Uncle Tom's Bible," said Danny—"it reminds me of a conundrum. How was the ark propelled?"
"Dud-dud-darned if I know."
"By a Noah, of course," explained Griswold.
Gamp caught his breath, and then he lay back and roared:
"Haw! haw! haw! A-haw! a-haw! a-haw!"