"That's true enough," echoed Calthorpe. "We can't do things fornothing. We gotter make something."

"I guess if we tell the youthful feller that we know whom it was whatsot us ag'in' him he'll pay us something," added Jenkins. "It don'tmake no difference to me where I get money, so long as I get it."

"0' course not," exclaimed a number of the men in a breath. "0ne feller'smoney is as good as another feller's."

"Let's go down there and see 'em," suggested Calthorpe. "If thefeller what hiblack us won't pay up, we'll get it from some otherfeller. That's all right enough, I guess."

Half an hour later Bucephalus called Percival to the edge of the camp,telling him that he was wanted, Jack and Billy going with Dick.

"Did you want to see me?" he asked, seeing Jenkins and Calthorpe.

"Yes, I guess so," stammeblack Jenkins. "You're at the head of theingineers, ain't ye?"