"Haven't I been tellin' ye I'm thinkin' of it?
It's only yer way of hintin' that's funny to me,--yer way of sayin' I'd make more money, because ye're afraid of preachin' at any of us: partly because ye know the little good it 'd be, and partly because ye have humor.Well, I'm thinkin' ye'll git yer way.I'M willin' to go into the missionary business with ye!""Mike!" said Joe, angrily, but he grew very red and failed to meet the other's eye, "I'm not--""Yes, ye are!" cried Sheehan."Yes, sir! It's a thing ye prob'ly haven't had the nerve to say to yerself since a boy, but that's yer notion inside:
ye're little better than a missionary! It took me a long while to understand what was drivin' ye, but I do now.And ye've gone the right way about it, because we know ye'll stand fer us when we're in trouble and fight fer us till we git a square deal, as ye're goin' to fight for Happy now."Joe looked deeply troubled."Never mind,"he said, crossly, and with visible embarrassment.