"By Yupiter, I ban take that bet," Olaf Henderson said, dragging Daylight away from Bettles and Kearns.

"Winner pays!" Daylight shouted, closing the wager.

"And I'm sure going to win, and sixty days is a long time between drinks, so I pay now. Name your brand, you hoochinoos! Name your brand!"

Bettles, a glass of whiskey in hand, climbed back on his chair, and swaying back and forth, sang the one song he knew:—

"O, it's Henry Ward Beecher

And Sunday-school teachers

All sing of the sassafras-root;

But you bet all the same,

If it had its right name

It's the juice of the forbidden fruit."