dignitary who occupied it. He seemed to have lost all interest in the
occasion. He yawned as he passed the automobile and started away across
the square.

"Here, you! You big chap!" called Colonel Dodd, promptly emboldened.

Farr halted and turned, his countenance showing mild inquiry.

"What do you mean by coming into a peaceable city and stirring up labor
troubles?"

"Have I done so?"

"You have just been mixing and mingling with those men, talking to them.
I know your kind."

"Ah, a gentleman of keen discernment!"

"I have seen you before--you fellows with long-tailed coats and
short-horned ideas. We don't want your kind in this city!"

"I seem to have made a prompt sensation without trying to do so,"
returned Farr, meekly. "I have been in your city less than fifteen
minutes, sir!"

"You're a traveling labor-agitator, aren't you?"

"No, sir."

"But I just saw you circulating among those men. Your rig-out shows your