"Why," he chuckled, "you're real friendly, aren't you?"
"No trifling," said Dave seriously. "I'll give you a good deal more than fifty cents if you tell me truthfully and right away how you came by that badge."
"How much now?"
"Two dollars."
"The information is yours, Cap," answered the tramp, with an assumed air of grandness. "I found it."
"When?"
"At one o'clock yesterday morning."
"Where?"
"By the fence of the big Fly factory down yonder."
"You mean the Interstate works?"