It was the same with Duvanicki.
McKenty finally parted with his lieutenants--more feelingly with Kerrigan and Tiernan than he had ever done before.

He did not wholly trust these two, and he could not exactly admire them and their methods, which were the roughest of all, but they were useful.
"I'm glad to learn," he said, at parting, "that things are looking all right with you, Pat, and you, Mike," nodding to each in turn.

"We're going to need the most we can get out of everybody.

I depend on you two to make a fine showing--the best of any.

The rest of us will not forget it when the plums are being handed around afterward." "Oh, you can depend on me to do the best I can always," commented Mr.
Kerrigan, sympathetically.