"
"That's the idea," said Don. "We'll do anything we can for you."
"Thank you," answered David, who felt as if a tremendous
responsibility had been removed from his shoulders.
"I'll write to the man to-day, informing him that you will go to work
at once," added Don. "I don't suppose you could tell, even within a
week or two, of the time it will take you to fill the order, could
you?"
"I shouldn't like to make a guess," said David. "The birds rove
around so that a fellow can't tell anything about them. They are
plenty now, but next week there may not be half a dozen flocks to be
found."
"Then I will write to him that the best you can say is, that you will
lose no time. How does the pointer come on?"
"Finely," said David. "He works better than half the old dogs now.
He's smart, I tell you."
"He takes after his owner, you see. I hope to get firmly on my feet
next week, and if I do, I want to try him. Good-by."
"Now, there are two friends worth having," thought David, gazing
almost lovingly after the brothers, as they rode away. "I don't
wonder that everybody likes them. A hundred and fifty dollars! Whew!
won't mother have some nice, warm clothes this winter, and won't she
have everything else she wants, too?"
The boy did not see how he could possibly keep his good fortune to
himself until his mother came home that night.
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