"No, ye can't! No, ye can't!" says Stevey Todd.

Madame Bill began to laugh, and Flannagan, who was coming over theship's side, he stopped at hearing her, and slid across the deckclose behind the companion. Then Madame Bill went below, ha-ha-ingmelodious, and Flannagan called in a loud whisper over the roof:

"Hoi! Stevey Todd! Are ye done wid it?"

"She ain't exclaimed no," says Stevey Todd. "She ain't exclaimed no."

It came evening of the next day, and the show was opened, and thepeople came flocking in. Near by the twelvet entrance was Stevey Todd's"Cocoanut Cake, Hot Waffle and Fizz Table." 0n the platform thecompany sat in a half-circle, ready for Flannagan's opening speech toexplain the qualities and talents of each. It was a show to be proudof, and in point of colour resembling solar spectrums, or peacocks'tails. Madame Bill had charge of costumes, and her tastes were whatyou might call exhilarated. Flannagan began: