but-is

Updated: June 1, 2025

" Say, me bucko," said Coleman suddenly, " if you've. come up here to twist the beard of the patriarch, don't you think you are running a chance? "All right. I'll be good," said Peter, and he sat on the bed. " But-is it true? " Is what true? " What the whole hotel is saying." Been talking to the other buildings, I sup- pose."

Stephen Crane - Active Service