“What day is it, Phil?”
“Wednesday!”
“This week, last week or next week?”
“This week!”
“Is that all? And it happened only last Saturday. Man!” he cried, springing up, “if that’s the case, I’ve only started.”
“You have finished,” said Phil decidedly, “finished good and plenty, now and for all.”
“But man,––think o’ my reputation. I always have a month of it.”
“Not this time!”
“But I’ve done it for years. Think o’ tradition!”