You just tell your daddy it's no use; he doesn't get on MY soft side, pretending he likes to see me even when he's sick." "Oh, I'm not so sick any more," Adams said.

"I expect to be back in my place ten days from now at the longest." "Well, now, don't hurry it, Virgil; don't hurry it.

You take your time; take your time." This brought to Adams's lips a feeble smile not lacking in a kind of vanity, as feeble.

"Why ?" he asked.

"I suppose you think my department runs itself down there, do you ?" His employer's response was another husky laugh.