"Suffering Centipedes!" he cried. "That man must have been
brought up on the bottle!" 93
"The lecturer must deliver the goods!" 100
"They may 'go to sleep in his face'" 103
"I have been after 'em, suh; but it ain't no use" 122
"These men on the engines are great characters" 130
"Pile it on so thick that the lecturer has to struggle hard
to make good" 136
"The last I saw of my kindly host" 145
"When he got through I could have qualified for a college degree
on the subject of straw hats" 162
"She ast me was you so very comical," said he 171
"If yo're dealin' in brains, hit ain't likely yo' got enough
to gib any away" 185
"A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Locomotives would
have had them indicted then and there" 191
"If it were possible to sweep a room clean with a welcoming
wave of the hand--" 199
"Cannot sleep comfortably between the sheets of William James's
pragmatic philosophy, dry as they are" 202
"If he had shifted his chewing gum to the other side, we should
have plunged into the river" 227
"Laughter where tears would have been more appropriate" 239
"I found the building wholly dark" 247
"But what was the point of this little joke last night?" 264
"My grinning countenance stared back at me unflinchingly" 276
"I was the sudden recipient of a blow on top of my head" 283
"A craving to settle lingering doubts as to my right
to be there" 298