“It was.”
“Well, I’ll know him again then. I never saw him before.”
“If that is all you wanted,” said Ralph with some scorn, “I could have pointed him out to you a dozen times a day. He doesn’t hide himself.”
“Huh! He was hiding away to-night, I guess.”
“Perhaps. But it did you no good to let him know that his actions were observed and his private messenger followed.”
“Oh! You mean that Whitey?”
“That is whom I mean.”
“I bet he had something on him we ought to have got hold of,” said Zeph, with sudden excitement. “Did you hear what McCarrey said? And was that Jim Perrin he meant, do you suppose?”
“Like enough,” said Ralph soberly. “I am afraid Jim is into this strike scheme with both feet.”
“The union ought to bounce him.”