We must guard against that greed which would crowd out every one but ourselves--like pigs around a trough of sour milk! I will own, however--" "Say, Dilly! On the dead, are yuh religious ?" "No, William, I am not, in the sense you mean.

I hope, however, that I am honest.

If Mr.Brown intends to raise cattle again I shall be glad to see him succeed." Charming Billy sat down suddenly, as though his legs would no longer support him, and looked queerly at Dill.

"Hell!" he said meditatively, and sought with his fingers for his smoking material.
Dill showed symptoms of going back to "The Essays of Elia," so that Billy was stirred to speech.
"Now, looky here, Dilly.

You're all right, as far as yuh go--but this range is carrying just about all the stock it needs right at present.
I don't reckon yuh realize that all the good bottoms and big coulees are getting filled up with nesters; one here and one there, and every year a few more.