"As soon as I get my hat. I will join you on the outside."
A few moments later they were walking briskly along toward the yards, Mr. Keating and the engineer together, Steve a little in advance of them.
"What do you think of my young man?" asked Mr. Keating.
"Rush? He is a very bright young fellow. You say he came down from the iron range?"
"Yes, he and his friend Jarvis, I am told, were forging rapidly toward the front there. They shipped on an ore boat to learn that part of the business and then came down here to enter the mills. From a salary of more than a hundred dollars a month the boys are now receiving the munificent wage of a dollar a day. You do not need to know anything more than that about them, do you?"
"No; that should be sufficient to establish their sincerity of purpose."
"I should say so," emphasized the superintendent. "What do you think of Rush's proposal?"
"I can answer that question better after I have looked over the ground and figured on the proposal a little."
"It is a wonder we never thought of it before."