“That’s a good boy, Dannie,” said his father, thrusting his hand through the fence in the hope that Dan would lay his own within it. “Put it thar, my lad.” Dan came a step nearer to the fence, but his actions indicated that he had no desire to shake hands with his father. On the contrary, he kept safely out of his reach. “No, I’ll never fool ye no more,” said he, “honor bright. An’ will ye promise, honor bright, to give me the money, all of it, when I tell ye whar I got it?” “In course I will.” “Say honor bright.” His father said it, placing his hand in his pocket at the same time to show that he was ready to keep his word, and Dan continued: “Silas Jones give it to me. I made five dollars outen him choppin’ wood.” “That’s the way to get rich, my boy,” said Godfrey. “Allers do sich little chores when ye can get ’em to do, an’ hold fast to the money, an’ some day ye’ll be wuth yer thousands.” “Now hand it out here,” said Dan. “Yes, I’ll hand it out, but not now. I must fust ax Silas about it. I’ll have business down to the landin’ some time to-day, I reckon, an’ arter I ax Silas, I’ll give ye the money.” “He owes me ten dollars more,” cried Dan, greatly alarmed, and hoping that his father would catch at the bait thus thrown out. “I’m glad to hear it,” was the reply. “Yer rich already, Dannie, and won’t need none of the bar’l when we find it. But if he give ye five dollars an’ owes ye ten more, ye must a made--” here Godfrey stopped and counted his fingers--“ye must a made fifteen outen him choppin’ wood. Didn’t ye promise ye wouldn’t never try to fool me no more?” “Wal, come nigher to the fence,” said Dan, growing desperate and sinking his voice almost to a whisper, so that those in the cabin might not hear his words, “an’ I’ll tell ye this time, honor bright. Ye know the ten dollars Dave was goin’ to get fur breakin’ that pinter pup, don’t ye? Wal, I jest slipped up thar an’ axed Mr. Bert would he lend Dave five of it now to get mam a new dress with, an’ he said yes, he would. That’s whar the money came from, pop, sure’s you live.” Godfrey was satisfied of it; and while he secretly admired the boy’s shrewdness, he reproached himself for not being smart enough to take advantage of the opening, and thus securing the ten dollars for his own use. Without a word more he pulled out Dan’s money and gave it to him, then walked back to the bench, picked up his pipe, and went off into a brown study. He never came out of it until he was called to breakfast, and even then he hardly aroused himself sufficiently to know what was going on around him. Having satisfied his appetite, he took down his rifle and left the cabin. As soon as he was out of sight, Dan arose, put on his hunting equipments and also disappeared, leaving David and his mother to themselves.