"Eet is come! I have open eet--I can not wait.
Eet say we shall have the contract! Ah, _oui! oui! oui! oui_! We shall have the contract!" Houston, suddenly awake to what the message meant, reached for the letter.

It was there in black and white.

The bid had been accepted.
There need now be but the conference in Chicago, the posting of the forfeit money, and the deal was made.
"Eet say five thousand dollars cash, and the rest in a bond!" came enthusiastically from Ba'tiste.

"Eet is simple.

You have the mill, you have the timber.