“That’s what I said.”
“What for?”
“Phil and Ted and me. Si’s lending them.”
“Going to start a livery stable?” grinned Jim.
“Not much. These horses are for the boys and me to ride about on. We have too much ground to cover to walk.”
CHAPTER XXII
ON THE CLAIM
The sending of the money and the horses by the wealthy wheat-raiser indicated to the lumbermen that they would do themselves no harm by rendering every assistance in their power to his protégés, and Steve was quick to recognize the fact.
“I told the boys, if Si said the word, I’d take one of my riggings over, clear the land, and buy the logs from them,” he announced.
“What makes you think the claim they are going to take up is anywhere near here?” demanded Andy.