"Then I may see fit to employ you. Of course you know the way everywhere?"
"Yes, sir."
"You may take my valise as far as Broadway. There I shall take a stage."
Ben took the valise, and raising it to his shoulders was about to precede his patron.
"You can walk along by my side," said the gentleman; "I want to talk to you."
"All right, governor," said Ben. "I'm ready for an interview."
"How do you like 'baggage-smashing,' as you call it?"
"I like it pretty well when I'm workin' for a liberal gentleman like you," said Ben, shrewdly.
"What makes you think I am liberal?" asked the gentleman, smiling.
"I can tell by your face," answered our hero.