So he replied:
“We will take the chances.”
At this moment the hail came again.
“Hello, you rubes!”
“Hello!” replied Harry.
“Did ye give us a straight story about the two men in the sleigh?”
“Dead straight!”
“Do ye know who they were?”
“Naw! Somebody down in Lexington said they wuz New York people, but they didn’t look tu me tu be stylish enuff.”
At this a laugh came back.