Ted said reluctantly, "He's killed twenty-three."
"How do you know?"
"Nels told me."
"Wish I'd known that, but I think he'll toe the mark now."
"What'd you do to him?"
"Took him before Justice McAfee. Mac fined him fifty dollars and a positive revocation of his license if he violates any more."
"But—"
"But what?"
"There's a twenty-five dollar fine for every illegal grouse. As long as you were taking him in, you should have had him fined a hundred and seventy-five dollars."
"Not him," Loring Blade declared. "You can't hurt him too much by hitting him in the pocketbook. His hunting privileges are what he holds dear."