“If that’s the case I’m for going up there and driving them out with a gun!” exclaimed Nestor. “They haven’t any more right than we have, and we can at least make them go shares with us until this missing man shows up. What’s the matter with attacking them to-night.”
“If you’re going to resort to lawless means I’ll have to throw up the case,” said the attorney. “That is no way to talk.”
“Nestor doesn’t mean it at all,” put in Jerry. “Of course we will have no battle with that gang.”
“There are two ways we might proceed,” the lawyer went on. “There may be more, but they are the only ones that suggest themselves to me from what time I was able to give to the case.”
“What would you advise?” asked Mr. Snodgrass.
“You can apply to the courts for an injunction to prevent the working of the mine until the missing half-owner shows up.”
“But that would bar us as well as them,” put in Jerry.
“Yes, it would have that effect, if you secured the injunction, which is doubtful. It would be a long and costly litigation, I fear.”
“And what is the other plan?”