CHAPTER V
THE UNIVERSAL COVERED CARPET TACK COMPANY FORMS AMID GREAT ENTHUSIASM
The intense democracy of J. Rufus Wallingford could not but charm David Jasper, even though he disapproved of diamond stick-pins and red-leather-padded automobiles as a matter of principle. The manner in which the gentleman from Boston acknowledged the introduction, the fine mixture of deference due Mr. Jasper’s age and of cordiality due his easily discernible qualities of good fellowship, would have charmed the heart out of a cabbage.
“Get in, Dave; we want to take you a ride,” demanded Mr. Lamb.
David shook his head at the big machine, and laughed.
“I don’t carry enough insurance,” he objected.
Mr. Wallingford had caught sight of a little bronze button in the lapel of Mr. Jasper’s faded and threadbare c
