The Highflyers

Excerpt: Fred la Mothe was speaking. After a certain number of beverages composed of Scotch whisky, imported soda, and a cube of ice, it was a matter of comparative ease for him to exhibit a notable fluency. After two o?clock in the afternoon Fred was generally fluent. ???Tain?t safe,? I says to him. And the wind was blowin? enough to lift the hair out of your head. ?I wouldn?t go up in the thing ...