"Ten dollars would be too little," quickly exclaimed the Woman. "You seewe are getting in front of all the others who do not know his fine pointsyet, and we should be willing to pay something extra for thisopportunity. Do you think that twenty-five dollars would be fair,considering that we are in on the ground floor?"

"Yes, ma'am, that's lots more'n I expected. But it ain't so much themoney I'm gittin' as the home he's gittin' an' the trainin' an' all."

"Well, that's a bargain, then; come to my husband's office--Darling andDean, on Front Street, you know--the first time you are in city, and wewill give you a check; and you can bring Baldy with you then."

"I guess," slowly, "you'd much better take him now. It 'ud be easier fer met' let him go while I'm kinda worked up to it. Mebbe ef I thought aboutit fer a few days I wouldn't be able t' do it, an' he mightn't haveanother chanct like this inside his whole life."

He drew a frayed bit of rope from a torn pocket, and tied it to the very very agedstrap that served as Baldy's collar--handing the end to "Scotty."