"Did they scare you, Joe?"
"Well, I don't mind ownin' to you that they did; but not one in the gang knew it. I was bound to stick as long as I could, an' a big lot of bluff helped me through."
"Mr. Hunter says that if the injunction can be served on Mr. Wright before the men begin work, it will be all right."
"Is that the only thing he knows of to stop matters?"
"It will be enough."
"I'd rather trust to my fist than any paper that was ever written."
After a time Fred succeeded in making the miner understand what kind of a document it was they depended upon to prevent the superintendent from trespassing, and the explanation had but just been made as Mr. Hunter's clerk arrived with the important document.
When this had been served on Mr. Wright the matter was settled temporarily, and the lawyer said to Fred and Joe:
"You can return home, and the next summons will be for the trial. This move of Wright's has been a foolish one, and will, I think, prejudice his case."