"In several ways which I have not time to explain. Wait here until I return."
Then Mr. Hunter left the office in great haste, and Fred and Joe looked at each other in dismay.
CHAPTER XXXIII
VICTORIOUS
The lawyer did not return for several hours, and then he said:
"I have sent for surveyors, and we will run our own lines early to-morrow morning, after which an officer shall be stationed there to warn him from encroaching. You must be on the spot as early as possible to attend to matters."
"He'll find us when the sun comes up. Was this why you sent the telegram?"
"I wanted to discover what he meant by the hiring of carpenters and the ordering of lumber; but that you have already done."
"When will the case be tried?"