What do you think ?" "It'll take a heap of hard work, and more time than I for one want to spare, to build a raft large enough for our purpose," answered Grimshaw.

"Still, I don't know as the idea is wholly bad." "It would take time, that's a fact," answered Mr.Gilder, lifting his tray of tools to the table and proceeding to polish some of them with a bit of buckskin.

"And it looks as though time was going to be an object with us shortly.

That last letter from Wiley showed that the Chicago folks were beginning to sniff pretty suspiciously in this direction.

I've been asked some awkward questions lately, too.