I don't remember what they cost--got them with some things for myself; a trifle, a trifle.

Glad to do more for you--no trouble at all, none whatever." "Didn't you have any trouble in Dubuque ?" I asked, thinking of the man who had threatened to shoot him in front of the post-office, and how the black-bearded man had called upon the bystanders to bear witness that he was about to shoot in self-defense.

He gave me a sharp look; but it was too dark to make it worth anything to him.
"No trouble at all," he said.

"What d'ye mean ?" Before I could answer there came up a man carrying a shotgun in one hand, and a wild goose over his shoulder.

Following him was a darky with a goose over each shoulder.