"Oh, you had it, did you?" called out McGinty with easy insolence.
"Look here!" The Colonel held up the bit of flooring with rapid explanation.
"Where is he?"
"Got him locked up?"
Everybody talked at once. The Colonel managed to keep them going for some moments before he admitted.
"Reckon he's lit out." And then the Colonel got it hot and strong for his clumsiness.
"Which way'd he go?"
The Colonel turned his back to the North Pole, and made a fine large gesture in the general direction of the Equator.
"Where's my money?"
"Up in your cabin. Better go and count it."