"I do!" Graham said, in a calm voice.
"Then here it is," the stranger replied, drawing a sheet of paper from his pocket, and unrolling it.
"Give me a pen Dan," Alfred said, turning to the barkeeper.
"Indeed, then, and I won't," retorted that individual, "I'm not going to lend a stick to break my own head."
"O, never mind, young man, I can supply pen and ink," said the stranger, drawing forth a pocket inkstand.
Alfred eagerly seized the pen that was offered to him, and instantly subscribed the total abstinence pledge.
"Another fool caught!" sneered one.
"Ha! ha! ha! What a ridiculous farce!" chimed in another.
"He'll be rolling in the gutter before three days, feeling upwards for the ground," added a third.
"Why, I don't believe he can see through a ladder now;" the first speaker said, with his contemptuous sneer. "Look here, mister," to the stranger who had appeared so opportunely. "This is all gammon! He's been fooling you."