"I wonder if that is his name?" said Snap.
"More than likely," answered Giant. "Did you ever hear of him before?"
"No."
They tried to put the pieces of paper together, but the effort was
a failure.
"Here is where he did some figuring," said Whopper, pointing to
the board, which contained numerous pencil marks. "Maybe---hullo!
look here!"
"What's up now?" asked Snap, running forward.
"Here is the name of Andrew Felps!"
"Felps!" came from all of the others in a chorus.
"Can that man have been here?" asked Giant.
"I must say, I don't understand this," came from Snap. "But I
have got an idea."
"What is it, Snap?"
"Of course I may be all wrong, but I'll give it to you for what it
is worth. Do you remember what my father said about those papers?"
"That they related to a certain patch of timber land?" said Giant.
"Yes; and that the Felps people wanted to get hold of the patch.
Well, this Lusher Barrock may be hanging around here trying to sell
the papers."
"To sell them?" said Shep, looking puzzled.
"Exactly. They are of no use to him, but they might be of use
to Andrew Felps and his lumber company.
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