"Outside, outside! The comic opera has went!"
Mathison presented his card. "Miss Farrington is expecting me."
"Oh, she is, huh? Well, she said nothin' to me about it."
"I'll wait."
"You're welcome; but in the alley, admiral, in the alley. Nobody gits by me to-night, comin' in. Orders."
"I don't suppose ten dollars would interest you in the least."
"Not unless I saw it. Honest, now, are you meetin' Miss Farrington?"
"I am. I'll be peaceful, Tirpitz; but if you send for the stage-hands, I'm likely to shoot up the place."
"All right. I'll take it in two fives."