midnight East
Say , that was no tinhorn play , was it ? He goes off and leaves his good money up , just on a flier like that . `` You 're the real goods , '' says I. `` I can return the sentiment , '' says he . So we took the midnight East . When we got the morning papers at Omaha we saw that the Lamb only lasted half-way through the seventh , and ` possumed the count at that . Well , we got some acquainted before we hit Chicago , and by the time we 'd landed in Jersey City I 'd signed articles with him for a year . He calls it secretary , but I holds out for sparrin ' partner .