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`` Safe-o , Buck ! '' replied Bryce . `` How about your end of the contract ? '' `` Crowbars , picks , shovels , hack-saws to cut the rails , lanterns to work by , and men to do the work will be cached in your lumber-yard by nine o'clock , waiting for the rails to arrive . '' Bryce nodded his approval , `` Then I suppose there 's nothing to do but get a bite of dinner and proceed to business . '' Buck insisted on keeping an engagement to dine with Moira , and Bryce agreed to call for him at the Bon Gusto restaurant . Then Bryce went home to dine with his father .