What have you to report ?" "Well, I've seen the council of each Clan division.

They are ripe to start this thing off." Murrell gave him a moment of moody regard.
"Twice already I've named the day and hour, but now I'm going to put it through!" He set his teeth and thrust out his jaw.
"Captain, you're the greatest fellow in America! Inside of a week men who have never been within five hundred miles of you will be asking each other who John Murrell is!" Murrell had expected to part with Hues then and there and for all time, but Hues possessed qualities which might still be of use to him.
"What do you expect to do for yourself ?" he demanded.

The other laughed shortly.
"Captain, I'm going to get rich while I have the chance.

Ain't that what we are all after ?" "How ?" inquired Murrell quietly.

Hues shifted his seat.
"I'm sensitive about calling things by their short names;" he gave way to easy laughter; "but if you've got anything special you're saving for yourself, I'm free to say I'd rather take chances with you than with another," he finished carelessly.
"Hues, you must start back across Tennessee.