"I don't know how close it is to this town."
"What's the tract called? If you don't know exactly where it is, perhaps we can help you locate it."
"It's the Lorimer Spell tract," answered Fred innocently. He thought the men were just asking out of idle curiosity.
"Oh, I see." The man frowned and looked at his companion.
"Do you know anything about that tract?"
"Oh, I've heard of it. It's up on the north side of the town. I understand Spell was shot during the war," the man continued, looking at the boys.
"He was," answered Andy. "And he left all his property to my Uncle Dick, who once saved his life."
"Oh, that's it, is it!" cried one of the men. "Seems to me I heard something about that. Your uncle played the regular hero act."
"As I said before, he saved Lorimer Spell's life, and did it at the risk of his own. It was in the midst of one of the fiercest fights."
At this moment Jack and Randy came rushing down the stairs and out on the porch of the hotel in great excitement.