“Still,” said Sam Perkins, “Kid did save that train, you know. You can’t get around that.”
“How do we know he did?” asked Ben. “Maybe he lied about that, too!”
“How about it?” demanded Stanley Pierce. “Did you really save that train, Kid, or was that more of your—your lively imagination?”
“That was just like I said,” responded Kid, “mostly.”
“Mostly!”
“I mean—I—I exaggerated a little, maybe——”
“I knew it!” exclaimed Ben.
“Well, the paper had it, didn’t it?” asked Sam Perkins. “Of course he saved the train. You did, didn’t you, Kid? And got a lot of money for it, too, eh?”
“Not—not so much as I let you think,” replied Kid uneasily.