The Challenge of the North

spite the assurance over the telephone that Wentwort

to dispel it. "In the first place, Mr. Orcutt, I am going t

ed Orcutt, his eyes narro

McNa

look of suspicion f

sn't i

ourse it's good! But

eck for thr

rs. He sent for me-said he heard I was out of a job, and that as he was the one that was responsible for my losing out, it was only fair that he should offer me another. Then he went on to outline the who

r the whole scheme hit me like a flash. Don't you see it? If I worked for him, I'd draw a salary, and a good one-and nothing more. But if I shou

his pencil. "I wonder," he muttered aloud, more to himself

round that he didn't even glance at the papers to refresh his

interest myself in the proposition to the extent of organizing

ess, and a salary of

nt much!" exc

me. You don't realize what a big thing this is-

t how

, somewhere between six and ten dollars an acre. McNabb's options call for purchase at five dollars, and he told me he could not renew

ay, ten dollars, would be half a million. Besides the cos

ou to handle, I can find someone who will. I have a friend in Detroi

But, mind you, I'm not going to spend a damned cent on the proposition until after McNabb's option

July; those options expire at noon, and we don't want any delay about getting hold of the propert

pher and drew a contract, which he duly signed and handed to Wen

papers of McNab

o know is that at noon on the first day of July, you, or your legal representative, must be at the Gods Lake post of the Hudson's Bay Company, with a