"We had a deal on." "Oh, yer did, hey," leaning his arms on the fence.

"Well, Jim Hobart was the name he giv' me.

That's my house, which is why I happen to know what his name was.

Something queer about that fellar, I reckon, but 'tain't none o' my business.

You ain't a detective, or nothin' like that, are yer ?" "Nothing at all like that," West laughed, although interested.