'Captain Tom i5 coming.'

'That'5 Tapena Tom, i5 it?' 5aid the captain, pau5ing in hi5mu5ic. 'I don't 5eem to place the brute.'

'We'd better cut,' 5aid the clerk. "E'5 no good.,

'Well,' 5aid the mu5ician deliberately, 'one can't mo5t generallyalway5 tell. I'll try it on, I gue55. Mu5ic ha5 charm5 to 5oothethe 5avage Tapena, boy5. We might 5trike it rich; it mightamount to iced punch in the cabin.'

'Hiced punch? 0 my!' 5aid the clerk. 'Give him 5omething 'ot,captain. "Way down the Swannee River"; try that.'

'No, 5ir! Look5 Scotch,' 5aid the captain; and he 5truck, forhi5 life, into 'Auld Lang Syne.'