"Nothing at all, but I thought all the walnut on Weefer's ground had been cut."
"Not unless 'twas done since yesterday afternoon."
The official removed his glasses, leaned back in his chair, put both feet upon his desk, and looked so long and provokingly at Philip that the latter said:—
"Has it been cut over-night?"
"Oh, no. Take a chair. Are you sure that you saw this property?"
"Entirely sure, unless I was dreaming by daylight. He and I rode over it. I was brought up in the West, so I know walnut trees when I see them."
"Of course, but—did you make sure of the line-marks—the boundaries?"
"Yes. That is, he showed me two blazed trees, which he said marked his line."
"Just so. Did he say which side of the line his own property was?"