But I tell you one thing--next time, if you'll take my advice, you had better stick to the setter dog and let elephants alone." "Maybe it would be better," said the boy.

Then he added, with a curious sort of naive slyness, "But I haven't said I didn't have any elephant." "That's so," said Anderson.
Suddenly, as the two walked along, the man felt a hard, hot little hand slide into his.

"I guess you must be an awful smart man," said the boy.
"What is your name ?" said Anderson, in lieu of a disclaimer, which somehow he felt would seem to savor of mock modesty in the face of this youthful enthusiasm.
"Why, don't you know ?" asked the boy, in some wonder.

"I thought everybody knew who we were.

I am Captain Carroll's son.