“Ain’t it bully, Teddy?” said he to one of his city acquaintances who occupied the adjoining seat.
“That’s so, Julius. I never rid in the cars before.”
“Didn’t you?” said Julius, with complacent superiority. “I have.”
“Where’d you go?”
“Well, I went to Newark, and one summer I went to Long Branch—that’s a big watering place, you know. Both places are in New Jersey. I stayed a week at Long Branch.”
“Did you put up at one of the big hotels?”
“Yes, I put up at the Continental Hotel.”
“You’re gassin’!”
“No, I ain’t.”
“How much did you pay?”