“I think you brought me luck, Grant,” he said. “Till you joined me I was plodding along comfortably, but making little more than I could have done at my trade. But after you and I began to work together in double harness, everything has prospered with me.”
“Not just at first, Tom. You remember our small earnings at Howe’s Gulch.”
“That’s true, but prosperity came afterward. It was your meeting old Mr. Gilbert that set us on our feet.”
“How is he? Did you call on him?”
“Yes. He is pretty well for him, but what a forlorn life he leads! Do you know he thinks a great deal of you?”
“I thought he did.”
“He inquired particularly after you, and said you were a fine boy.”
“It is well to have one admiring friend,” said Grant, smiling.
“You have many friends who are attached to you,” returned Tom.
“I have certainly received much kindness,” said Grant. “I seem to be appreciated considerably more here than at home.”