Jim rose and pointed his pipe at Murphy. "Murphy, if you try to use this confidential talk to raise sentiment for me, I'll fire you!"
"You can't fire my friendship!" shouted Murphy. "You can have my job any time you want it!"
Here Oscar Ames spoke for the first time. "When's Mrs. Penelope coming back?"
"Don't you get her out here," said Jim. "She can do no good and she needs peace and quiet."
CHAPTER XXVI
THE END OF THE SILENT CAMPAIGN
"The dream in them of a greater good lifts humans from the level of brutes. Take this dream from them and they are like quenched comets."
Musings of the Elephant.