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When Ol' Pop felt up to it they started back for Eagle Pass to breakfast. He was talking with Uncle Jeb and said he hadn't decided what he would do for a while and would stay in the cabin while he was thinking it over. Anyhow, he mentioned that if his money was still intact, he could live the rest of his life in comfort.
Westy and Artie walking ahead could hear them talking and wondered then why Ol' Pop had risked his money to such a place as the hollow! Not only his money, but it had almost cost him his life, they thought, and all for what?