“After I seen him do that three or four times I rode up to where Hennery was floundering at and I ast him what was he doing.
“'I'm falling downstairs,' says Hennery.
“'What you doing that fur?' I says.
“'I'm drunk, ain't I?' says Hennery. 'You old fool, you knows I always falls downstairs when I'm drunk.'
“'How many times you goin' to fall down these here stairs?' I ast him.
“'I ain't fell down these here stairs once yet,' says Hennery, 'though I must of tried to a dozen times. I been tryin' to fall down these here stairs ever since dusk set in, but they's something wrong about 'em.
“'If I didn't know I was drunk, I would swear these here stairs was movin'.'
'“They be movin',' I tells him.
“'You go about your business,' he says, 'and don't mock a man that's doing the best he can. In course they ain't movin'.
“'They only looks like they was movin' to me because I'm drunk. You can't fool me.'