We then has four drinks in happy an' successful alternation, an' next we seeks a table an' subsides into seven-up.
"'"Then thar ain't goin' to be no dooel between us ?" I says to Yuba.
It's at a moment when he's turned jack an' I figgers he'll be more soft an' leenient.

"It's to be a evenin' of friendly peace ?" "'"An' why not ?" says Yuba.

"I've shore took all the skelps that's comin' to me; an' as for you-all, you're young an' my counsel is to never begin.

That pooerile spat we has don't count.

I'm drinkin' at the time, an' I don't reckon now you attaches importance to what a gent says when he's in licker ?" "'"Not to what he says," I replies; "but I does to what he shoots.