I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit.

I first heard Personville called Poisonville by a red-haired mucker named Hickey Dewey in the Big Ship in Butte. He also called his shirt a shoit.

Listen, Dundy, it's been a long time since I burst into tears because a policeman didn't like me.

Most things in San Francisco can be bought or taken.

My way of learning is to heave a wild and unpredictable monkey-wrench into the machinery.

If you have a story that seems worth telling, and you think you can tell it worthily, then the thing for you to do is to tell it, regardless of whether it has to do with sex, sailors or mounted policemen.

Three times I have been mistaken for a prohibition agent, but never had any trouble clearing myself.