Stinklam, stanklam, buck.’
There, now, isn’t that right?”
“That’s the way we have it here,” replied Clinton,—“but I suppose they say it different where Frank came from. When Oscar Preston was here, he used to rattle it off different from both of these; I believe this is the way he said he learned it:—
‘One-ary, youery, ickery and,
Phillacy, follacy, Nicholas Jones;
Queeby, quaby, Irish Mary,
Huldee, guldee, loo.’”
“Ho! I never heard of that way before,” said one of the boys; “I guess that’s the latest Boston edition.”
“If you can’t agree on any of these,” said Clinton, “I’ll tell you what you can do,—you can ‘tell off’ with:—
‘One-zall, zu-zall, zicker-all zan,