Proudly clutching his new rlile, and carrying in his wallet a
memorandum of three hundred dollars for their joint credit, Rolf
felt himself a person of no little impor- tance. As he was
stepping out of the store, the trader said, "Ye didn't run across
Jack Hoag agin, did ye?"
"Did we? Hmph!" and Rolf told briefly of their experience with
that creature.
"Just like him, just like him; served him right; he was a dirty
cuss. But, say; don't you be led into taking your fur out Lyons
Falls way. They're a mean lot in there, and it stands to reason I
can give you better prices, being a hundred miles nearer New
York."
And that lesson was not forgotten. The nearer New York the better
the price; seventy-five dollars at Lyons Falls; one hundred and
twenty-five dollars at Warren's; two hundred dollars at New York.
Rolf pondered long and the idea was one which grew and bore
fruit.
Chapter 51. Back at Van Trumper's
Nibowaka" -- Quonab always said "Nibowaka" when he was impressed
with Rolf's astuteness -- "What about the canoe and stuff?"
"I think we better leave all here. Callan will lend us a canoe.
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