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 “Who do you take?”

“Noisy Charlie and the boy, Bub,” replied Abner.

“Very well; here is the copy of the old and new lines. Unless we can prove our boundary, as we know it was run out in 1800, the Nace outfit will skin us to the tune of more than one hundred thousand dollars.” And Hatton handed over a paper which revealed the following:



“Of course they’ve done everything to conceal the old monuments,” muttered Abner, intently studying the triangle which the company was in danger of losing.

“Yes; our surveyors were unable to find anything to warrant our contention. On the other hand they say the markings on the beech,