"I'll bet yer goin' ter make a fortune out of dat check," observed Pat.
"Not at all," answered Hammerditch. "The check is of little value really. But I was bound to have it."
Afraid that Robert would hurry to the railroad station as soon as the loss of the check was discovered, the Englishman did not remain in the drinking place long. At a hotel several squares away he met Le Fevre.
"You haf eem?" queried the French Canadian anxiously.
"I have, Jean. Come."
"Ve vill haf von drink first," was the reply, and they went to the barroom. Here they met several lumbermen they knew, and in consequence it was some time before they could get away from the hotel.
One of the lumbermen knew about the Amberton land claim, and thought that it would be a hard matter to dispossess the present incumbent.
"Ve vill do eet," grinned Le Fevre. "Ve hold ze vinning cards—not so, Hammerditch?"
"That is so," answered Hammerditch.
The lumbermen wanted to know the particulars, but the others were not willing to disclose all of their secrets.