When Dick says a thing like that he means it.

He will bring back ninety dollars, or-----" "Or nothing," finished Dave.

"Somehow, I can't just figure out what any man would look like who'd give ninety dollars for an old second-hand war canoe, even if it is of Indian model." "And made of genuine birch bark, which is so hard to get these days," added Reade.

"Fellows, I can't believe that our old Dick will come back whipped.

Defeat isn't a habit of his, you know." So the "Co." of Dick & Co.