The adieus consisted only of the words "good-bye," and then the miner and the boy turned their faces toward Farley's once more.
"It seems as if finding the coal was bad luck for us," Fred said when they were on the mountain. "If it hadn't been for that, poor Sam never would have thought of walking home."
"I don't go very much on what folks call luck, lad. The thing was bound to come whether you saw the vein or not, so we must buck agin it."
"The lawyer thinks Sam stole the money."
"An' more'n he'll believe the same if somethin' don't turn up."
"I can't fancy what could happen to help him unless the thief himself came forward to tell the whole story."
"It does look kinder black, but we mustn't lose heart."
"Of course this settles our chances of buying the land."
"Nothin' of the kind. My day is broke up now, an' I'll spend the rest of it lookin around a bit."
"Sam will need all the money we've got to spend."