"I shall show them this order for the map. They probably know Amberton's signature as well as I do."
"Perhaps so."
"I suppose you are going to send that to Timberville by the first mail."
"I am going to take it up myself. Mr. Marden wants to come up."
"You will find it a wild section of the country—a good bit different from around here."
"I shan't mind that—in fact, I think I'll rather like the change."
"It's a good place for a fellow who is strong and healthy. There are fortunes in the lumber business."
"I've no doubt of it."
"I went into the district a poor man, and worked at cutting lumber at a dollar and a half a day. Inside of fifteen years I came out something like twelve thousand dollars ahead. Of course that isn't a fortune, but you must remember that I lost about ten thousand dollars by two spring freshets which carried off nearly all I at those times possessed. If I had remained there I would have been better off. But I came to Chicago and speculated, and now my fortune amounts to very little, I can tell you that."