That place is north-east of the Little Brothers." "By Jove! how did you get such eyes ?" "Used 'em." "The reason I'd like to find the house is because--" "Reasons ain't none too popular with me." "Well, you're pretty sure that your suggestion will take me to the spot ?" "I'm sure of nothing except my gun when the weather's hot." "Reasonably sure, however?
The pine trees and the house--if I don't find one I'll find the other." "The house'll be in ruins, probably." "Why ?" "That picture was taken a long time ago." "Do you read the mind of a picture, Mr.Wilkes ?" "No." "The tree, however, will be there." "No, that's chopped down." "That's going a bit too far.

Do you mean to say you know that this particular tree is down ?" "That's first growth.

All that country's been cut over.

D'you think they'd pass up a tree the size of that ?" "It's going to be hard," said Anthony with a frown, "for me to get used to the West." "Maybe not." "I can ride and shoot pretty well, but I don't know the people, I haven't worn their clothes, and I can't talk their lingo." "The country's mostly rocks when it ain't ground; the people is pretty generally men and women; the clothes they wear is cotton and wool, the lingo they talk is English." It was like a paragraph out of some book of ultimate knowledge.

He was not entirely contented with his statement, however, for now he qualified it as follows: "Maybe some of 'em don't talk good book English.