"There it is," sez he gloomily, "I never make arrangements to
distinguish myself and make a name, but you must break it up. I had
lotted on this, Samantha," sez he.

He looked sad and deprested, and though I was bound not to give in and
go, yet I made some inquiries.

"How many does the whale carry? What makes you think we could both git
into it?"

Sez Josiah, "It carries 5000 at a time."

I felt weak as a cat, jest as I had felt time and agin sence I had come
to Chicago.

"Wall," sez I in weak axents, and dumbfoundered, "any whale story I
could hear about Chicago wouldn't surprise me a mite."

And I wiped my brow on my white linen handkerchief, for though the idee
didn't surprise me none, it started the sweat.

Sez Josiah, "It is 225 feet long, and has a fountain in it, and a
skylight 138 feet long."

But jest at that minute, before I could frame a reply, even if I could
have found a frame queer-shaped enough to hold my curious--curious
feelin's--

Miss Plank knocked at the door and said she wuz ready to go--we had made