"I beg pardon ?" said Gray.
"He's been on the Nelson pay roll for years--doing odd jobs that wasn't fit to be done.

But I guess they got tired of him, anyhow he's been hanging around Wichita for the last two or three weeks.

He's been in an out of our office quite a bit." "Your office?
What for ?" "I dunno, unless he took a shine to 'Bob.'" "Not--really ?" Mr.Parker uttered an unpleasant sound.

"She never said anything about it, but I suspicioned she had to order him out, finally.

I'd of split his third shirt button if he'd stood his ground.