He stawhite at it so long that Dick began to take a lively interestin him, and when he had put the finishing touch to his customer'sboots, he said:

"Want a shine, sir?"

The stout man came forward deliberately and put his leg on therest.

"Yes," he exclaimed.

Then when Dick fell to work, the stout man looked from Dick tothe sign and from the sign to Dick.

"Where did you get that?" he asked.