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"No, not when Ratzger came to and told us who they were. I handed the bag to him and felt I had no right to pry into his secrets especially as he acted so fearful of the contents of the wallet." "I suppose they hired those horses from Oak Creek," ventured Mrs. Brewster. "Doubtless; and I told John to make sure and then ask Ratzger what had best be done to settle for them.
Let's call to Jeb to go back and meet we-all at the Cliffs so's we kin put him acrost one of the hosses." In half an hour, therefore, Mr. Ratzger, the senior member of the law firm of Riggley and Ratzger, of New York, was carried in front of the Rainbow Cliffs and placed in Jeb's arms, while another man led Jeb's horse carefully towards the ranch-house. "Ah, so these are Rainbow Cliffs, are they!
In these isolated mountain ranches, almost every intelligent man can set broken bones, and take care of minor troubles; a doctor living in a town ten to twenty miles away, needs plenty of time to reach a ranch, in cases of illness, and during that time a patient must suffer agonies or be helped by home-aid. Thus, Mr. Ratzger had his bones set by Mr.
Then when he heard of our success in cutting the lava-jewels from the material sent us from Pebbly Pit, he did everything to locate this ranch. "Had we wasted any time in planning to come West and meet you people here, I doubt not but that Riggley & Ratzger would have had a new scheme to hold us up.
"Was everything all right?" anxiously asked Mrs. Brewster, thinking of the two poor sufferers. "Oh yes; the hammocks served splendidly, but poor Ratzger groaned continually because of the pain in his limbs," sighed John. "And we had an awful job carrying them from the wagon to the milk-train. They both are corpulent men, you know," added Tom.
As Ratzger sighed, Jeb remarked philosophically: "Ef you-all'd rather be sittin' at home than a galavantin' round places where money kin be found, Ah b'lieves it's the onny reason you-all is spared whiles your friend is locooed." Ratzger had never heard the term "locooed" so he was not quite sure what Jeb meant.
This has held up everything so that Dr. Evans is not sure whether he will ever realize anything out of his invention or not. Of course, we are fighting the legality of Ratzger & Wriggley's injunction and claims. "Having risked all his little bank account on the outcome of this idea of his, the doctor now hasn't a cent to bless himself with.
"I suspected some crooked work last week, but I must say that I never thought they would come out here on such a meager chance," added Mr. Latimer. "You see, it was this way: I had a rascal employed in my office as clerk, but I never knew that he was in constant touch with Riggley & Ratzger in fact was their stool-pigeon. He was a clerk in our offices just to get daily information about patents.
With one accord it had been agreed to postpone the talk of Rainbow Cliffs and Choko's Find until after supper that evening. By that time the doctor would have arrived and expressed an opinion about the injured Riggley, and see if Ratzger was doing nicely under the home-treatment given him.
Isn't Tom's father a real good lawyer in New York?" said she. "Sure, but the names alone give me an idea that they are crooks listen: Riggley and Ratzger. Doesn't it make you think of all queer kinds of fish that one finds in big cities?" laughed her husband. Tom came from the barns about this time, and Mrs. Brewster turned to tell him the latest news about the seekers of lava-stones.
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