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By the way, I wonder how they fared in the landslide?" the old miner continued. "Three of them, Merwell, Haskers, and Blugg, were below me," answered Dave. "They were over yonder," and he pointed with his hand. "Wot! Down on thet ledge?" cried Abe Blower. "Yes." "Humph! Then I reckon it's all up with 'em," went on the old miner. "What do you mean?" asked Roger.
"Unless Merwell and Haskers fix it so that they throw us off their trail, Roger. You know Mr. Dillon said they could branch off at Talpoll Crossing. That is where a spur of the railroad cuts in, to reach the mines on the other side of the hills the railroad I suppose the Landslide Mine would have to use in getting out ore."
He was disgusted with both Merwell and Haskers, and he wished they might both go away and that he would never see them again. As he was so restless, Dave said he would be the first one of the party to stand guard, and, accordingly, the others turned in as before, dropping off to sleep one after another. Merwell was inclined to talk and argue, but Dave would not listen.
And he shook his head enthusiastically. "I wish you'd do me a favor, Todd," returned Dave. "Sure thing, son. What do you want?" "Please don't say too much at the ranch about the fight. I don't want to scare my sister and the other girls." "Can't I tell the boys how you polished off young Merwell? Most of 'em will be glad to hear it." "Well, don't say too much, that's all.
Link Merwell reached down and assisted the former teacher to his feet. Job Haskers's face was sourness itself. "Stop that! Don't you dare to laugh at me!" he roared. "Don't you dare!" "We'll laugh as much as we please," answered Dave, boldly. "I I guess we had better get out of here," whispered Link Merwell, nervously. "They they might take it into their heads to harm us."
In the meantime Dave made Snogger promise not to say anything about the stolen horses to the others. "Perhaps the matter can be fixed up between Mr. Endicott and Mr. Merwell," he said. "It would be terrible to have Link publicly branded as a horse-thief." Hank Snogger had been out alone and he readily consented to join the others at their camp.
"He forced the fight," answered Dave. "I suppose he'll try it again some day." "Merwell always was scrappy," said one of the cowboys. "Takes after his dad," added another; and then there was a general laugh. Several came up to shake hands with Dave and congratulate him on the outcome of the little bout. Some of the cowboys were not very refined, and to them such a fist-fight seemed a great thing.
"Oh, we'll eat what we shoot, Phil," said Dave, with a wink at Roger. "They always do that out West, you know." "Huh! And if we don't shoot we can starve, eh? Not much! I'm going to take plenty of good things along when I go out." "I wonder if we'll see much of Link Merwell," said Roger, after a pause. "I don't want to see him," answered Dave. "But he'll see you, Dave.
"If you caught Merwell you would have to appear in court against him, and you know what a lot of trouble you had appearing against Jasniff;" and this statement was true. "Oh, let them go!" cried Phil. "Say," he added, "did you hear what Link said about bleeding his dad for money? Isn't he the limit!" "That proves he isn't working for a living," remarked Dave.
But I guess he wasn't very near, otherwise he would have come here hisself, instead o' writin' for writin' comes hard to Abe he never had no chanct for much education. And he would want some o' his clothes." The boys read the letter a second time. All were convinced that Link Merwell had gotten ahead of them and had perpetrated the fraud by impersonating Roger.
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