“First-rate.”
“Have you quarreled with Waddie or the colonel yet?” he inquired, laughing.
“No, sir, and am not likely to do so at present. I am not on the top of the wave. We have beaten the Lightning Express down, and are going to do the same thing up.”
“Don’t overdo the matter, and don’t promise more than you can perform.”
“I don’t intend to do so. I know just what I can do, and I’m going to do it.”
“Don’t commit yourself to Waddie or his father, Wolf. Either of them would kick you out of your high place as quickly as he put you into it.”
“I think everything is going well now, father. The colonel intends to build another boat immediately, and by next spring nobody will trouble the Lake Shore Railroad, except those who live upon the line.”
“Don’t be too confident.”
“I know it! I have been studying up this steamboat business ever since I was discharged by Major Toppleton.”
“You are down on the major hard now,” said my father.