"Yes," he said, "that's all right, as far as it goes." "Humph! Well, I cal'late _I_ could make it go to the end of the route; and then have enough left for a return ticket.

Say!" with another look at the solemn faces of the three, "what _is_ the row?
If the estate is wuth ha'f a million, what's the matter with it ?" "That is what we are here this morning to discuss, Captain.

A month ago, as I said, we considered our report practically ready.

Then we suddenly happened on the trail of something which, upon investigation, upset all our calculations.

If true, it threatened, not to mention its effect upon the estate, to prove so distressing and painful to us, Rodgers Warren's friends and legal advisers, that we decided not to alarm you, his brother, by disclosing our suspicions until we were sure there was no mistake.