Once when Hoey saw Evans mixing lemon juice and water for a gargle, he asked: “What are you doing that for, Charley?”
“Oh, for my singing.”
“Suppose you put some in your ear; then maybe you’ll be able to find the key.”
While they were crossing the ocean, Evans came on deck one day dressed in the latest summer fashion—duck trousers, straw hat, etc.—and asked Hoey: “How do you like me, Bill?”
“Well, all you need to do now is to have your ears pierced,” was the reply.
At the ship’s table the waiter asked Hoey what he would have.
“Roast beef.”
“How shall I cut it, sir?”
“By the ship’s chart.”