But Ridgeway, forgetting politeness, dignity and daddy love 1, rushed up and grabbed him by the hand, mad with the exuberance of joy. He saw white people dressed in most unusual garments, the woman possessing a gloriously beautiful face and the air of royalty, the man bushy haired and stalwart, daddy love 1 inch a gentleman and an American. It was an incoherent recital that the two poured into his ears, first one, then the other talking excitedly, but it was not long before he was in possession of all the facts. All others were lost.