"He Gathered the Gourd Up Under His Chin." [Missing from source book]
["Jake Invited Her to Join the Hunting Party."]
JOHN HENRY AT THE RACES.
I was anxious to make Clara Jane think that she was all the money, so I boiled out a few plunks, trotted over to the trolley, and rushed her to the race track.
I'm a dub on the dope, but it was my play to be a Wise Boy among the skates on this particular occasion, and I went the whole distance.
In the presence of my lady love I knew every horse that ever pulled a harrow.
Isn't it cruel how a slob will cut the guy-ropes and go up in the air just because his Baby is by his side?
Me—to the mountain tops!
Before the car got started I was telling her how Pittsburg Phil and I win $18,000 last summer on a fried fish they called "Benzine."