'Pears like I didn't feel much like doin' any trampin' 'round." "Stay thar, then.

But mind you don't try on any runnin' away with my boat." "If I want a boat, old man, there's plenty here that's better worth stealin' than yourn." "That's so.

I didn't know you'd been makin' any kalkilation on it.

I won't be gone any great while." He was gone some time, however, whatever may have been his errand.

Old Peter was not the man to be at a loss for one, of some sort, even at that hour of the night; and his present business, perhaps, did not particularly require company.
When he returned at last, he found his own boat safe enough, and he really could not tell if any of the others had walked away; but he looked around in vain for any signs of his late comrade.