"Yez got over the cowld yez had the other day?"
"'Pears to me you know a blamed sight more about me than I do, stranger."
"My dear sir, I have the greatest affection for yez. The moment I seen yez a qua'ar faaling come over me, and I filt I must come ashore and shake you by the hand. I faals much better."
"You don't say?"
"That I does. Would yez have the kindness to give me a wee bit of tobaccy?"
The sleepy-looking stranger gazed drowsily at him a moment and then made answer:
"I'm just smoking the last bit I've got. I was going to ax you for some, being you had such a great affection for me."