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"You do washing?" demanded Mr. Adams. "Oui, m'sieur." "Here's some. When can we get it?" "To-morrow morning, at the ten o'clock. And does m'sieur wish ze repassage what you call ir-ron?" "What's the charge?" asked Mr. Grigsby. "Seex dollair the dozen, m'sieur, for ze wash; the same for ze ir-ron." "There goes your newspaper money, Adams," laughed the Frémonter.
At the Rink Rapids two native huskies, Teek and Koona, were added; and the celerity with which Buck broke them in took away Francois's breath. "Nevaire such a dog as dat Buck!" he cried. "No, nevaire! Heem worth one t'ousan' dollair, by Gar! Eh? Wot you say, Perrault?" And Perrault nodded. He was ahead of the record then, and gaining day by day.
"I think I'll do my own washing, after this." "We have to live, my wife and I, messieurs," explained the Frenchman, spreading his hands. "In France we live on ze very little. In New York we have one très bon café, and we charge ze very little. But out here " and he shrugged his shoulders. "We wash, and for zis meesairable caban what you call it? hut we pay ze price of 500 dollair ze month."
No evidence had been found to back up his statements. They told him to make his will, for he possessed a fifty-thousand dollar Sunrise claim, and they were a law-abiding as well as a law-giving breed. Leclere shrugged his shoulders. "Bot one t'ing," he said; "a leetle, w'at you call, favour a leetle favour, dat is eet. I gif my feefty t'ousan' dollair to de church.
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