We don't want to leave the best part of this slope for some one else to stake out.

It seems to me that the claim ought to start up by that blasted tree.

What do you say, Jim ?" "Well, I don't like to make mistakes where you young gentleman are concerned," Ferrers answered, taking off his felt hat and scratching his head.

"You see, it isn't my claim." "The dickens it isn't!" Reade retorted.
"Why, you---you gentlemen didn't plan to take me in, did you," asked Ferrers, opening his eyes very wide in his amazement over the idea.

"You see I---I can't contribute my share of the brains, along with a pair like you," continued the guide.