"I am glad to meet you," said Mrs. Thompson, politely. "Will you come in?"
"Thank you, but it is very pleasant on the porch. Madam, you have a good son," went on the steamboat owner.
"I know that."
"He did my wife and little girl a great service the other day."
"Yes, he told me what he did."
"I think—er—that is, I'd like to reward you," stammered Andrew Shalley. He saw that Randy was no common boy with whom to deal.
"Thank you, but I don't wish any reward, sir."
"I felt you would say that," answered Andrew Shalley. "The other lad said the same."
"Then you have seen Jack Bartlett?"
"Yes, I just came from there. I wanted to reward him, but he would not have it. But I fixed him," and the steamboat owner smiled broadly.