We was tryin' ter find out this mornin' what he could do, an' what he wanted ter do, when if he didn't up an' say that his father told him it didn't make so much diff'rence WHAT he did so long as he kept hisself in tune an' didn't strike false notes.

Now, what do yer think o' that ?" "Yes, I, know" nodded Higgins musingly.

"There WAS something queer about them, and they weren't just ordinary tramps.

Did I tell you?
I overtook them last night away up on the Fairbanks road by the Taylor place, and I gave 'em a lift.

I particularly noticed what a decent sort they were.