"You'll find Captain Hadley a fine man to deal with. I think he is one of the nicest captains on the river."
"What do you do here?"
"Oh, I am general office clerk. My name is Bart Sandwood."
"I am glad to know you, Mr. Sandwood," answered our hero, and smiled. "I hope business is good with the steamer."
"Travel has been very good and we are getting our share of freight. The other lines bother us some, but not a great deal."
"Is the Helen Shalley one of the big boats of the river?"
"Not one of the largest, but she is by no means a small boat. Then you haven't seen her?"
"Not yet, but I hope to soon."
"She will be on her way down the river this afternoon. She runs from New York to Albany one day and back the next. She doesn't run on Sundays."
"I am glad of that. I don't care to work on Sunday."