Two or three are under contracts.

You will understand me when I say that my boys must stay where they are." He waited for a minute, and watched Luck's face grow sober.

"I have heard about your Happy Family," he added.
"There has been a good deal of discussion, I imagine, among the studios about them.

Ordinarily I should be glad to have you bring those boys with you; but as matters stand, it is impossible.

Our Western Company is full, and I could not let these boys go to make room for strangers,--however good those strangers might be.