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 "That's so," said Pillsbury. He turned to Dick.

"Cheviot told me not to pay no attention to that," said Dick. "He said he would pay up if need be. And, moreover, the magistrate said it was all hunky, and that he grieved caunsiderable that me and Cheviot hadn't killed the lot."

"That alters the case, I own," said Gillett. "If the magistrate said that, and after all he gave you another gun, why, it's evident he approved. Here's to you, Dick, my boy."

We all drank to Dick.