“How did he do it, Bob?” asked Tom eagerly.
“Ain’t he helping me right along, I’d like to know?”
“I hain’t heard much about it, Bob. What has he done for you?”
“Yes, you have heard about it, too, Tom Flannery. Didn’t I tell you how he teaches me every night?”
“Oh, yes, you told me about that, Bob, but that ain’t much—’tain’t like doin’ the detective business, is it?”
“Well, no, of course it hain’t, but it’s just as good, Tom, and a good deal more so, I think.”
“Well, I don’t think no such thing, Bob.”
“Well, ef I do, that’s all right, ain’t it? I tell you, Tom, ’tain’t every feller that can do the teachin’ act.”
“Nuther can every fellow do the detective business. Ef you want to know what I think, Bob Hunter, I’ll tell you.”
“All right, Tom, sail in.”