"And I'm busted again!" "I know it," sympathized Alan.
"They took every cent away from me down in Seattle an' Frisco," chuckled Stampede, rubbing his hands together cheerfully, "an' then bought me a ticket to Nome.

Mighty fine of them, don't you think?
Couldn't have been more decent.

I knew that fellow Kopf had a heart.

That's why I trusted him with my money.

It wasn't his fault he lost it." "Of course not," agreed Alan.
"And I'm sort of sorry I shot him up for it.