"That's what the man that mends the boats says," piped up Worth. "He says that when they're all socialists there won't be any wars—'cause nobody'll go. But Watts says that day'll never come, thank God."
"Are you thanking God for yourself or for Watts, sonny?" laughed his father.
"And who, pray, is the man that mends the boats?"
"The man that mends the boats, father, is a man that's 'most as smart as you are."
"It has been a long time," gravely remarked Wayne, "since any man has been brought to my attention so highly commended as that."
But their talk had been sobering to them both, for they spoke seriously then of various things. It was probable that before long Wayne would be ordered to Washington. He wanted to know what Katie would do then. Why not spend next season in Washington wi
