"
"Well, if he's a peddler he's a high-class one--probably the junior
member of the firm that owns the works."
Armitage saw something of all the Claibornes every day in the pleasant
intimacy of ship life, and Hilton Claiborne found the young man an
interesting talker. Judge Claiborne is, as every one knows, the
best-posted American of his time in diplomatic history; and when they
were together Armitage suggested topics that were well calculated to
awaken the old lawyer's interest.
"The glass-blower's a deep one, all right," remarked Dick to Shirley. "He
jollies me occasionally, just to show there's no hard feeling; then he
jollies the governor; and when I saw our mother footing it on his arm
this afternoon I almost fell in a faint. I wish you'd hold on to him
tight till we're docked. My little friend from California is crazy about
him--and I haven't dared tell her he's only a drummer; such a fling would
be unchivalrous of me--"
"It would, Richard. Be a generous foe--whether--whether you can afford to
be or not!"
"My sister--my own sister says this to me! This is quite the unkindest.
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