"Well, from now on we're going to be straight—all on the level. Aren't we?"
Tom looked up. "I guess we are, pard," he said in a low voice.
They looked steadily into each other's eyes for a moment. Then David gave Tom a quick push. "On with your hat, my boy! Let's see if the grocery man won't take some of this money."
After their dinner had been bought, eaten, and the dishes cleared away, David began to tack up prints. Tom meditatively watched him for several minutes, then suddenly announced:
"I seen her to-day."
David turned sharply. He knew the answer, but he asked, "Saw who?"
"You know. De lady what I fetched up. I seen her on de street."
David tried to appear unconcerned. "Did she say anything?"
"She asked how you was."
"What did you tell her?"