The things we do!

If ye dinna
watch faithful, and Black Jack gets out a few he has marked, it means
the loss of more money than ye ever dreamed of, lad. The other night,
down at camp, some son of Balaam was suggestin' that ye might be sellin'
the Boss out to Jack and lettin' him tak' the trees secretly, and nobody
wad ever ken till the gang gets here."
A wave of scarlet flooded Freckles' face and he blazed hotly at the
insult.
"And the Boss," continued Duncan, coolly ignoring Freckles' anger, "he
lays back just as cool as cowcumbers an' says: 'I'll give a thousand
dollars to ony man that will show me a fresh stump when we reach the
Limberlost,' says he. Some of the men just snapped him op that they'd
find some. So you see bow the Boss is trustin' ye, lad."
"I am gladder than I can ever expriss," said Freckles. "And now will I
be walking double time to keep some of them from cutting a tree to get
all that money!"
"Mither o' Moses!" howled Duncan. "Ye can trust the Scotch to bungle
things a'thegither. McLean was only meanin' to show ye all confidence
and honor.


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