“Oh, then you and your companion are still on the road with your wagon?”
“Yes.”
Paul Barberry seemed to grow interested at once.
“Good enough! And how is business?”
“Very good,” returned Matt, and not without pardonable pride.
“Then you are not ready to take me in as a partner yet?”
“Not quite; my friend and I can run the business very well without outside help.”
“But you might make more money with me in the firm,” went on Paul Barberry persistently.
“We haven’t room for a third person.”