"You don't ask what I shall charge!"

"No, Mr. Loche, because I know you will only ask a fair price; and, besides, there is no other house I can get."

"That is true. Well, it will be all right about the terms."

"One thing more. Have you a wagon in which you can bring Mr. Nixon over? He is too feeble to walk."

"I'll send at once. My assistant, Dennis Carlyle, will harness up and go back with you."

"Thank you, Mr. Loche."

"I say, boy, you seem to be a pretty smart kid. So you are going to look after the old man?"

"Yes."

"Then he's in luck. You have begun well."

"What was done with the man who tried to rob him?"