banana-steamer

Updated: May 24, 2025

I'll drink to the Stars and Bars whenever there's a flagstaff and a glass convenient. But where, says I, 'are the rescuing troops? If there was a gun fired or a shell burst, I didn't hear it. "Doc Millikin raises up and points out the window with his flute at the banana-steamer loading with fruit. "'Yank, says he, 'there's a steamer that's going to sail in the morning.

O. Henry - Roads of Destiny