For that you paid him nothing." "That's Radway's lookout." "In justice you should pay him that amount.

He is a poor man.

He has sunk all he owned in this venture, some twelve thousand dollars, and he has nothing to live on.

Even if you pay him five thousand, he has lost considerable, while you have gained." "How have we gained by this bit of philanthropy ?" "Because you originally paid in cash for all that timber on the stump just ten thousand dollars and you get from Radway saw logs to the value of twenty," replied Thorpe sharply.

"Besides you still own the million and a half which, if you do not care to put them in yourself, you can sell for something on the skids." "Don't you know, young man, that white pine logs on skids will spoil utterly in a summer?
Worms get into em." "I do," replied Thorpe, "unless you bark them; which process will cost you about one dollar a thousand.