"
"Your price puts your services out of the question for my company,"
replied Mr. Dunlop, with a shake of his head.
"Very good, sir," Tom rejoined pleasantly. "No harm done, and
we need not talk it over any more. We wish you good luck in finding
proper engineers for your work. You will probably motor back to
Dugout tomorrow morning, won't you?"
"We'll have to," Mr. Dunlop answered. "We're not safe here until
we hire a few good men to come out here to keep Gage and his fellows
at a distance."
"That's true, sir," Tom nodded. "As you'll need a good many men
here by the time you start work on your mine you'll do well to
bring at least a score of them down at once. Twenty good, rough
men, used to this life and not afraid of bullets, ought to make
you feel wholly safe and secure on your own property."
There was more talk, but neither Tom nor Harry again referred
to their serving the new company as engineers.
In due course of time Jim Ferrers, with such help as Alf was able
to give, had supper ready to serve.
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