“Oh, you had them patent reapers, is that it?”
“You've struck it.”
“I remember you now. You're a nephew of Judge Davis.”
“Exactly.”
“O' course! O' course! But I can't remember your name nohow.”
“It's Davis, too—Henry Davis.”
“Oh, yes. I'm glad to meet you, Mr. Davis.”
“I saw you in the seat with that boy,” went on the man we shall call Henry Davis. “I thought I knew you from the start, but I wasn't dead sure. Going to Philadelphia with us?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Good enough. Mr. Bean, won't you smoke with me? I was just going into the smoker.”