But a hundred an' fifty dollars! We must have that when it's 'arned, Dannie." "The hul on it ?" "Every cent.

I'm Dave's pap, an' the law gives me the right to his 'arnin's, an' yours, too, until you's both twenty-one years ole.

Now, Dannie, I've done a power of hard thinkin' since I've been here on this island, an' I've got some idees in my head that will make you look wild when you hear 'em.

I didn't know jest how to carry 'em out afore, but I do now.

These yere hundred an' fifty dollars will keep us movin' till we kin find them eighty thousand." "Be you goin' to look fur them agin, pap ?" "No, I hain't, but you be." "Not much, I ain't," replied Dan, emphatically.
"Who's to do it, then ?" demanded his father.