“We won’t quarrel,” Darwin at last remarked.

“I guess not,” Brockey replied, with a chuckle.

“Will you do the work?”

“I told you I would.”

“Then start out to-night to run him down.”

“The exchequer is very low.”

“How much will you need?”

“Five hundred down and five thousand when the cove is out of the way.”

“That is too much.”

“Don’t talk in that way. You know it is not too much. You and that other chap are going to pull out a big stake.”