He was working in Roger's office now and the two had soon become close friends.

John kept himself so neat and clean, he displayed such a keen interest in all the details of office work, and he showed such a beaming appreciation of anything that was done for him.
"That boy is getting a hold on me lately almost like a boy of my own," Roger said one evening when Allan Baird was at the house.

"He's the pluckiest young un I ever met.

I've put him to work in my private office, where he can use the sofa to rest, and I've made him my own stenographer--partly because he's so quick at dictation and partly to try to make him slow down.

He has the mind of a race horse.