9/19 We went to the county seat where the property was transferred to Wingate & Gray and the deed filed, after which I gave him my check for ten thousand dollars." Tom, who had been doing some rapid figuring while Lieutenant Wingate was speaking, glanced up, smiling. There is a fortune in those trees." "I didn't do it at all. Willy Horse did it, and he is going to have the best job that can be dug up for him, provided my influence has weight with the firm of Wingate & Gray. You are the brains of this establishment. |