They certainly had had a bunch of stolen horses.

If he was a member of the Bunker gang, weren't the Bushyagers members of it also?
And was it not likely that they, being neighbors of ours, and acquainted with everything that went on in Monterey Centre, would know that we were out with the money, and be ready to pounce upon us?
I secretly drew my Colt from my pocket and looked to see that each of the five chambers was loaded, and that each tube had its percussion cap.

I wished, too, that I had had a little more practise in pistol shooting.
"What do you think of Virginia's dress and shawl ?" asked Mrs.Stone, as we drove along the trail which wound over the prairie, in disregard of section lines, as all roads did then.

The judge and I both looked at Virginia again.
"They're old persimmons," commented the judge.

"You'll be the belle of the ball, Virginia." "They're awful purty," said I, "especially the dress.