“Yes, I think the wires is crossed at this end, and I am belaving someone will lose his job before they get them straightened, and if it is me, I am willing to go. Many a poor devil would be glad to lose his job here. I hope I find the doctor in and not busy. The poor officer may get tired laying in a fit so long.”
“Well, Pat, you have got another dead man for me to take care of, have you?”
“That is what I came for, and you had better make it lively. The superior officer don’t feel very comfortable over the affair.”
“You mean that I am wanted at the office?”
“And I would not be saying so if you were not wanted.”
“Well, Pat, I sometimes think that you are like the Dutchman. I must take you as you mean, and not as you say.”
“You had better get a move on you, for I mane it.”
“You are walking so fast I can not keep up.”
“Indade, he told me to go for you because I go faster than the wires, and I want to keep up my reputation with the boss.”
“You are trying to make a record for yourself, are you?”