“‘Stop sawing gourds,’ says I, ’and sit up and take notice.  The ghost’s about to walk.  I’m going away from here, and I owe you eight dollars.  The expressman will call for my trunk.’

“I handed her the money.

“‘Dear me, Miss Crosby!’ says she.  ’Is anything wrong?  I thought you were pleased here.  Dear me, young women are so hard to understand, and so different from what you expect ’em to be.’

“‘You’re damn right,’ says I.  ’Some of ’em are.  But you can’t say that about men.  WHEN YOU KNOW ONE MAN YOU KNOW ’EM ALL!  That settles the human-race question.’

“And then I caught the four-thirty-eight, soft-coal unlimited; and here I am.”

“You didn’t tell me what was in the box, Lee,” said Miss D’armande, anxiously.

“One of those yellow silk garters that I used to kick off my leg into the audience during that old vaudeville swing act of mine.  Is there any of the cocktail left, Lynn?”