"Gresham got them away from me to take care of and then held them over me as a threat; but I got them back yesterday by offering to pound his head off.

He's a bigger coward than I am." "How much money did you say you wanted ?" inquired Johnny.
"Five thousand," returned Collaton cheerfully.
"You said two." "I have to have two and I need the rest.

I thought maybe I could sell you my interest in The Gamble-Collaton Irrigation Company.

There's several thousand acres of land out there, you know." "I haven't laid a finger on you yet," Johnny reminded him, "but if you make another offer to sell me that land I don't know how I'll stand the strain." "Well, say you give me the money for fun then," amended Collaton.

"I didn't know anything about this Birchard deal, but since you've mentioned it I can piece together a lot of things that mean something now.