Tom Selden went into the affair, heart and hand, agreeing to take his share out in fun.

What money was made, after paying expenses, was to go into the Aunt Matilda Fund, which was tolerably low about that time.
Kate gave her earnest sanction to the scheme, which was quite disinterested on her part, for, being a girl, she could not very well go on a wood-hauling expedition, and she could expect to do little else but stay at home and calculate the probable profits of the trips.
The only difficulty was to procure a team; and nothing less than a four-horse team would satisfy the boys.
Mr.Loudon lent one horse, old Selim, a big brown fellow, who was very good at pulling when he felt in the humor.

Tom could bring no horse; for his father did not care to lend his horses for such a purpose.

He was afraid they might get their legs broken; and, strange as it seemed to the boys, most of the neighbors appeared to have similar notions.

Horses were very hard to borrow that Friday afternoon.