“Yes.”
“On account of the trust?”
“Yes.”
“When did you invent it? When did you git this model done so it would work?”
“Five months ago,” says Kinderhook. “Don’t call to mind the date, do you?”
“Some day the middle of April.”
“It wasn’t done two years ago?”
“Certainly not.”
“Um!... Now, gentlemen, let’s kind of compare these churns. This here one of mine is a Criterion, and she’s a good one. If Kinderhook’s is better ’n this it ’ll pay us mighty well to invest. His’s got more color to it, anyhow.”
Then the three of them began looking the churns over. As soon as Mr. Wade recognized Mr. Atkins he knew something was going to happen, so he wasn’t so surprised as Captain Winton, but he was surprised some when he came to do the comparing, and Captain Winton kept getting exciteder and exciteder. At last he bust right out and says, “Why, Mr. Kinderhook, these churns are identical—identical!”