"Ah, bah! mon onc' 'Lias he is standin' hin de door dat day. Dat is whatwe say on Jersey--when a man have some ver' great luck we say he stan'hin de door. I t'ink it is from de Bible or from de helmanac--sacre moi,I not know.... If I talk too much you give me dat black-jack."

They gave him the yellow-jack. After he had drunk and wiped his mouth onhis sleeve, he went on: