They're treated all right." "Oh, well," said Lister, "since I don't know much about enameled goods and deerskin truck, I'm glad I've not got stung." When he went off the other smiled, for a hotel clerk is not often cheated, and he thought he saw where Lister's remarks led.

Lister, however, was strangely satisfied.

It was something to know the storekeepers were honest and kind to the people they employed..