"Just so! Just so!" muttered Selden. "But didn't he say as how others had danced the fire dance besides me and you?"
"Yes, he mentioned others."
"Just so! And who, now—if I ain't too bold in askin'."
"Let me see," said Oliver after a pause. "Some other man's name was mentioned. A short name, if I remember correctly."
"Uh-huh! Plumb forget her, eh?"
"It seems to me it was Smeed, or something like that. Yes—Dan Smeed."
Silence. Again tobacco smoke was wafted over the ferns.
"Dan Smeed, eh?" ruminated Selden finally. "Mr. Drew, did ye ever hear that name before Damon Tamroy said it to ye?"
Another thoughtful intermission; then—
"Yes, I had heard it before."