Pomp set about getting the evening meal.
The darky was a comical coon and could play the banjo and sing in genuine plantation style.
Barney, on the other hand, was a genuine type of the Hibernian, and was a master with the violin.
He could play all manner of Irish jigs and songs.
To get the two characters together, with their fund of music and comical jokes, was as good as a variety show.
While they were the warmest of friends, Barney and Pomp were always wrangling in a facetious way and playing jokes upon each other.
Upon the present night Barney had it in for Pomp.
The latter had put a live electric wire into the Celt’s bed the night before, and when he retired had given him a shock which literally lifted him out of the bunk.
The Celt had sworn vengeance with a large V, and he proceeded to formulate a plan to get square with the darky.
When Barney played a joke upon any one it was generally a huge and unvarnished one, with hard knots all over it.