'Well, I wish you were a betting man,' said the druggist.

'Hold me responsible, gentlemen,' said the druggist, with a profound bow.

"Snow will bring the people into town on Saturday," said the druggist.

"I'll run to my laboratory for some aromatic vinegar," said the druggist.

'No, I don't,' said the druggist, 'and I'll see that my cousin here doesn't.'

"Be calm," said the druggist; "we have only to administer a powerful antidote.

"Do not be uneasy," said the druggist, when he returned to his friends.

'I put it there on purpose,' said the druggist.

"He must have been," says the druggist, "if he wasn't killed."

"Embrace me," said the druggist with tears in his eyes.

"Fifteen cents," said the druggist, with a wink after he had compounded the order.

Steve said the druggist told him confidentially you ought to be a druggist, you told him things he didn't know before.

'I'm glad to hear that,' said the druggist.

'Very well,' said the druggist, 'that is all I have for you to do just now.'

"I think he is all right," said the druggist.

"That's so," said the druggist, with a worried look.