JIM. Don't let me stop the game.

LIZBETH. Dave thinks all night.

EM'LY. [To JIM, putting him around.] Where have you been?

JIM. St. Louis. Been to see the railroad people. Say, Joe!

JOE. Yes?

JIM. Sam's got the express people scared.

JOE. How's that?

JIM. Hearin' I was his friend, they hinted to me that they'd like to square it.

JOE. Compromise.

JIM. [Nodding his head.] I worked it up for him. Said Bollinger was a regular terror.