"No; but it don't seem as though the men up there had very much to say to me."
"Found you plenty of work, eh?"
"Oh, yes; there was enough of that."
"A little too much, I reckon, if it kept you till this hour."
"I was told that I should knock off at six o'clock, but then I hadn't finished the job I was workin' on, an' so stayed till it was done."
"How did 'Lish Davis swell 'round?"
"I didn't see anythin' of him after we got inside. He told a man there who I was, an' two or three of 'em hunted 'round to find work for me."
"Well, how do you like it so far's you've gone?" Jerry Walters asked with a smile, and the remainder of the company gathered around to hear the reply.
"I'd like anythin' that was givin' me a show of gettin' into the Department. Of course it ain't so pleasant in the house doin' all kinds of work as it is out of doors layin' still when you want to, or talkin' with the fellers."
"Then you don't feel like backin' out yet?"