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-- and you bet your bottom dollar , Johnny , it AI N'T just as easy as it is for a cat to have twins ! '' At the end of this profane and cordial explosion he fetched a prodigious `` WHOOSH ! '' to relieve his lungs and make recognition of the heat , and then he straightway dived into his narrative again for `` Johnny 's '' benefit , beginning , `` Well , ------ it ai n't any use talking , some of those old American words DO have a kind of a bully swing to them ; a man can EXPRESS himself with 'em -- a man can get at what he wants to SAY , dontchuknow . '' When we reached our hotel and it seemed that he was about to lose the Reverend , he showed so much sorrow , and begged so hard and so earnestly that the Reverend 's heart was not hard enough to hold out against the pleadings -- so he went away with the parent-honoring student , like a right Christian , and took supper with him in his lodgings , and sat in the surf-beat of his slang and profanity till near midnight , and then left him -- left him pretty well talked out , but grateful `` clear down to his frogs , '' as he expressed it . The Reverend said it had transpired during the interview that `` Cholley '' Adams 's father was an extensive dealer in horses in western New York ; this accounted for Cholley 's choice of a profession . The Reverend brought away a pretty high opinion of Cholley as a manly young fellow , with stuff in him for a useful citizen ; he considered him rather a rough gem , but a gem , nevertheless . -LSB- Insolent Shopkeepers and Gabbling Americans -RSB- Baden-Baden sits in the lap of the hills , and the natural and artificial beauties of the surroundings are combined effectively and charmingly .