I'd as soon kill you now as an hour from now, so you may make a break for it if you feel like it." He stooped over to look into the hole.

I thought he looked an extra long time, but when he raised his head his face had changed complete.
"March!" says he very brisk.
We all went back to the shack.

From the corral Tim took Texas Pete's best team and hitched her to the old schooner.
"There," says he to the man.

"Now you'd better hit the trail.

Take that whisky keg there for water.