e out Podvine. "Get up Billy and put a
wreath of laurel over his scorched and blistered brow."

Muggles, for a moment, did not reply. The shock had taken his breath
away. He supposed every man had worked himself into exhaustion. The
only thing that had really dimmed his own triumph was the fear that on
reaching the bungalow he might find the blackened remains of one or
more of his comrades stretched out on the floor.

"Didn't you fellows try to save anything?" he exploded.

"Wasn't anything to save--mill was in no danger."

"Why, the whole place would have gone if I hadn't--"

"You're quite right, Muggles," said Monteith. "Let up on him, boys. You
worked like a beaver, old man. Sorry about the rugs--one was an old
Bokhara--but that's all right--of course you didn't stop to think."

"Well, but, Monteith--what's a rug or two when you have to save a pile
of--what's the lumber worth, anyhow?"

"Oh, well, never mind--let it go, old man."

Bender, who was still soaking wet from splashing buckets, and since his
return to the bungalow had been boiling mad clear through, sprang to
his feet.

"I'll tell you--I've just found out. As the pile now stands it's worth
four thousand dollars. If it had burned up it would have been worth
six. It's insured, you goat!"

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