"I just happened to think of a joke about a mind."
"What is it?" asked Nickel Plate, "and look sharp because we're wasting time."
"Never mind—he-he-he," and Her Terics threw back her head and laughed aloud.
"Enough," thundered Nickel Plate—"boy, where are those papers?"
"What papers, sir," asked Billy.
"The note, base varlet—the note, or by me halidom——"
"The note for Bogie Man?" interrupted Billy.
"Yes, but why in the world did you interrupt me?" said Nickel Plate, pettishly. "I've been studying that speech for a week, and now you've put it out of my head."
"Where did he put it? I'll find it," said Big Gillie, looking on the ground.