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• The first short story in the book is called "Partly Dave", which explains that Dave gets on a bus with a "coloured" (colored) conductor and Dave is a raving salesman that has the "gift of gob."
• The story is very short, and Dave jumps off the bus at the end.
• The next story is about a man named Frank who is described as a man who is responsible and well thought of.
• Frank goes in one morning and stands on the bathroom scales to find that he has gained twelve inches, which the reader may interpret as weight.
• Frank can't remember when he got the extra weight, and he argues with his wife about how bad the situation is because of it.
• To save his wife's fate of having to see him this way, Frank clubs her in the head until she is dead and leaves...
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