"Oh, he—we've all got our prejudices, you know."
"Yes, you ought to have some against him by now."
"Maybe so. You've got yourn, senator, we've noticed."
"I? No! I admire him. The way he runs this cabin——"
"Makes her keep up with the boat," they admitted.
"I never saw his like," laughed the statesman.
"Wouldn't want to, would you?"
"N-no, he makes big mistakes. But—he's got a future!"
"So mind his heels," said one of the pair. They were enjoying their politician. He saw that by their gravity. In their world men looked gravest when amused, and saved their smiles for emergencies. While he offered, and they accepted, cigars he spoke absently:
"The young gentleman's making a mistake right now that he ought to be saved from."