"'Well,' says he, 'I don't wonder at your feelin's. An' now,
here's two tickets for to-night, which you an' your husband can
have, if you like, for I can't go. They're to a meetin' of the
Hudson County Enter-mo-logical Society, over to Hoboken, at eight
o'clock.'
"'Over to Hoboken!' says I; 'that's a long way.'
"'Oh no, it isn't,' says he. 'An' it wont cost you a cent, but the
ferry. They couldn't have them shows in the city, for, if the
creatures was to get loose, there's no knowin' what might happen.
So take 'em, an' have as much fun as you can for the rest of your
trip. Good-bye!' An' off he went.
"Well, we kep' straight on to the doctor's, an' glad we was when we
got there, an' mad he was when we lef' Mrs. Jackson an' the General
on his hands, for we wouldn't have no more to do with 'em, an' he
couldn't help undertaking' to see that they got back to the asylum.
I thought at first he wouldn't lift a finger to get us our trunk;
but he cooled down after a bit, an' said he hoped we'd try some
different kind of institution for the rest of our trip, which we
said we thought we would.
"That afternoon we gawked around, a-lookin' at all the outside
shows, for Jone said he'd have to be pretty careful of his money
now, an' he was glad when I told him I had two free tickets in my
pocket for a show in the evenin.'
"As we was a-walkin' down to the ferry, after supper, says he:
"'Suppose you let me have a look at them tickets.
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