Chapter IV.
Negotiations.
It is necessary in this chapter to return to Phonny and Wallace, in order to explain how Phonny succeeded in getting his squirrel.
He was quite in haste, as he went on after leaving the squirrel, in order to get down to the mill where Espy lived, before the squirrel should have gnawed out. The road, he was quite confident, led to the mill.
“I should like to buy the squirrel, if Espy will sell him,” said Phonny.
“Do you think that your mother would be willing?” asked Wallace.
“Why yes,” said Phonny, “certainly. What objection could she have?”
“None, only the trouble that it would occasion her,” replied Wallace.