DAVE. Yes?
JIM. I saw the Wabash folks.
DAVE. Have a talk with them?
JIM. [Hands DAVE a paper.] Yes—there's a memorandum agreement—they'll take all I can give 'em at thirty dollars a car-load.
JOE. What's that?
JIM takes a piece of gumbo from pocket and hands it to JOE.
JIM. [To DAVE.] Now I've got a proposition for you.
DAVE. What?
JIM. You superintend the burnin' of the stuff, and I'll take you in.
DAVE. Why, Jim—[Rises in delight.