Bunch gave the very old geezer the minnehaha and yelled, "Say! you withthe me-ya-ya's on the chin! Did somebody give you the scorching-foot andmake a quick exit?"

Diggs was now in full eruption and weighty showers of Reub lava rosefrom his vocal organs and fell all over the place, while hethrashed around the calaboose in a frenzy of excitement.

"Maybe you're sending out a general alarm about that human meteorthat passed me on the pike a few minutes ago?" Bunch suggested.