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he said . `` We 've got to make 'em WANT to stay ! '' We gave them a good supper and Mr. Pierce ordered claret served without extra charge . By eight o'clock they were all in better humor , and when they 'd gathered in the lobby Miss Summers gave an imitation of Marie Dressler doing the Salome dance . Every now and then somebody would look out and say it was still snowing , and with the memory of the drifts and the cold stove in the railroad station behind them , they 'd gather closer around the fire and insist that they would go as soon as the road was cleared . But with the exception of Mr. von Inwald , not one of them really wanted to go . As Doctor Barnes said over the news stand , each side was bluffing and would n't call the other , and the fellow with the most nerve would win .