"They've as much right on Katson's Hill as we have." "Oh, yes; I could do that," Driggs assented.

"And I could make a little more money that way, mebbe.

But would it be square business, after you young men have trusted me with your business secret as to where bark can be had for nothing ?" That was a ruggedly honest way of putting it that impressed Dick & Co.
"I'll tell you what you---might do, Mr.Driggs," hinted Tom Reade.
"You might lend us a grindstone, if you have one to spare.

Then we can sharpen our knives right on the spot and cut bark faster." "You can have the grindstone," Driggs assented.

"And I'll do better than that.