"
"But if it was decided once, how can they bring it up again?" Bob
objected.
"It was never brought to court. When the delay had been gained--or
rather, when I unravelled the whole matter--it was dropped."
"I see," said Bob. "Then the titles are all right?"
"Every bit of that tract is as good as gold," said Taylor impressively.
"Your father bought only from men who had taken up land with their own
money. He paid as high as fifteen or sixteen hundred dollars for claims
where by straight 'colonizing' he could have had them for three or four
hundred."
"I'm glad to hear that," said Bob. "But are you sure you can handle
this?"
"As for a suit, they can never win this in the world," said Taylor. "But
that isn't the question. What they want is a chance for big headlines."
"Well, can you head them off?"
"I'm going to try, after I look over the situation. If I can't head it
off completely, I'll at least be in a position to reply publicly at
once. It took me three months to dig this thing out, but it won't take
me half an hour to get it in the papers."
"I should think they'd know that.
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