Duke: Blast me stump, Darlin', I 'll not ferget yer.

Darlin': Does I get brass beer-pulls in the tap?

Duke: Everythin' shiny.

Darlin': I 'm lovin' yer.

Duke: Betsy would kinder jump at me. There 's somethin' tender about a young girl's first love—cooin' in yer arms.

Darlin': Easy, Duke!

Duke: I alers was a fav'rite with the ladies. I think it 's me whiskers.

Darlin': 'Vast there, Duke! There 's a shoal ahead. Red Joe 's a right smart feller.

Duke: Red Joe?

Darlin': Him. He sets and watches her.