"Sure," says I, "the best that money could buy. He was a little sick, though."
"I hope it wasn't anything contagious," says he.
"If you could see the barkeeper up in Dan Mulligan's place," says I, "you'd thought it was."
Say, every one says Lakewood is so healthy, know why?
I heard only the other day, from a man who knew all about it.
I went down there, and the first thing I struck was one of those watering carts, plastered over with a patent medicine ad.
"Holy smoke!" says a fellow who stood beside me on the station. "No wonder Lakewood is so healthy. They water the streets with Fakir's Sarsaparilla."
Did you ever notice that when you have been taking liquid refreshments and are feeling good, and can't walk straight, then is the time you meet all your dearly beloved friends who like to talk about you?