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`` The Bug 's brow cl ` ars at this , an ' he asshores Enright that he 'll be proud to act as sech . '' ` An ' , gents , ' he adds , ` if you says he ai n't got Patrick Henry beat to a standstill , may I never hold as good as aces-up ag ` in . ' `` The Red Dog chief announces that all hands must attend a free-for-all banquet which , inflooenced by the tenth drink , he then an ' thar decides to give at Bland 's Abe Lincoln House . '' ` Said banquet , ' he explains , ` bein ' in the nacher of a lunch to be held at high noon . If the dinin ' room of the Abe Lincoln House ai n't spacious enough , an I 'll say right yere it ai n't , we 'll teetotaciously set them tables in the street . That 's my style ! I wants everybody , bar Mexicans , to be present .