“What?” Johnny stared. “What? Not my old pal, Panther Eye?”
“The same,” smiled the other.
“But what are you doing here?”
“Been working here for a month. Got a way of getting in when I want to. Thought I’d make you an early morning call. Whew! you sure gave me a merry chase! Good of you though not to knock my head off with that tram. ’Fraid you’ll never make an ideal guard.”
“I’d never be a guard at all if I had my way. But what’d you run for?”
“Just wanted to see how much you had in you,” chuckled Panther Eye.
“Oh, you did! Well, you saw, didn’t you?”
“Yes,” the other admitted, taking his turn at mopping his brow.
“Say!” Johnny exclaimed, “since it’s only you, I’ve got to get back to my post. Got some cakes and a little ice-cream in the bottom of a freezer from the company cafeteria. Want to join me?”
“Sure.”