"Did yuh happen to find out, when yuh was bargaining for the Double-Crank, how much land Brown's got held out ?" "No-o--I can't say I did.

From certain remarks he made, I was under the impression that he owns quite a tract.

I asked about getting all the land he had, and he said he preferred not to put a price on it, but that it would add considerably to the sum total.

He said I would not need it, anyhow, as there is plenty of open range for the stock.
He was holding it, he told me, for speculation and had never made any use of it in running his stock, except as they grazed upon it." "Uh-huh.

That don't sound to me like any forty-acre field; does it to you ?" "As I said," responded Dill, "I arrived at the conclusion that he owns a good deal of land." "And I'll bet yuh the old skunk is going to start up a cow-outfit right under our noses--though why the dickens the Double-Crank wasn't good enough for him gets me." "If he does," Dill observed calmly, "the man has a perfect right to do so, William.