“Then we’ll have to eat ’em,” says Mark.
“I seen Wiggamore come in town this mornin’,” says Tallow.
“Um!... Wonder what he’s up to. Bet it’s s-s-somethin’ nasty. Tell you what, Tallow, you and Binney skin out and keep an eye on him. He d-d-don’t know you like he’d know me. Stay around as clost to him as possible, and see how much you kin h-hear of what he’s sayin’. And remember it. Don’t forgit anythin’. You never kin tell when a word will be mighty important. If he talks to anybody, r-remember who it is. Git to hear as much as you kin, and don’t lose sight of him a minnit.”
CHAPTER XI
Just before quitting-time Tallow and Binney came back to the mill and we all went into the office to find out what they had found out.
“Where’d you l-leave Wiggamore?” says Mark.
“Hotel,” says Binney. “Went up to his room to git ready for supper.”
“How’d you git along?”
“Fine,” says Tallow. “We found Wiggamore and another man just leaving the hotel, and we walked along right behind. They done a lot of talking about rainfall and dams and power, and then mentioned our dam, and Wiggamore says there was a little difficulty there, but it wasn’t worryin’ him, ’cause he figgered to be able to git our property about whenever he wanted to. ‘What’s worryin’ me more,’ says he, ‘is that piece across the river. They call it the Piggins Meadow,’ he says. Then he says to the other man: ‘That’s why I got you down here. I look to you to take care of it. We’re going to see Miss Piggins now. I’ve explained about it before.’
“‘Yes,’ says the other man.