The clerk looked up: "Hullo, Cassidy ?" He exclaimed, genially.

"What was all that fuss about this mornin' when I was away?
I haven't seen you for a long time, have I?
How are you ?" "That fuss was a fool joke of Buck's, an' I wish they had been throwed out," Hopalong replied.

"What I want to know is if Miss Deane is in her room.

Yu see, I have a date with her." The clerk grinned: "So she's roped you, too, has she ?" "What do yu mean ?" Asked Hopalong in surprise.

"Well, well," laughed the clerk.