Out of the Primitive

by Robert Ames Bennet

"Fine, hey?" called Griffith.

"Wow! Lemme ou'! Oo-ou!"

The cabinet shook with a bump that would have upset it had it not been screwed fast to the wall.

"Aw, now, don't do the baby-act, Tommy!" jeered Griffith. "Yowling like a bum, over a bath!"

"Be game, old man!" chimed in Lord James. "Take your medicine."

"Bu-but 'sh cole! W-whew!"

"Stay with it, old man—stay with it!" urged Lord James. "Don't lay down. Be a sport!"

"G-gosh! 'M free-freezin'! Lemme out!"

Griffith rubbed his hands together and cackled: "Stay with it, Tommy.
It's doing the work. Stay with it."

"Damnation!" swore Blake. "O-open that door!"