It was dark before everything was settled up, and all the lots of cattle delivered.

Starlight told the auctioneer he'd see him at his office, in a deuced high and mighty kind of way, and rode off with his new friend.
All of us went back to our camp.

Our work was over, but we had to settle up among ourselves and divide shares.

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw the cattle all sold and gone, and nothing left at the camp but the horses and the swags.
When we got there that night it was late enough.

After tea father and I and Jim had a long yarn, settling over what we should do and wondering whether we were going to get clean away with our share of the money after all.
'By George!' says Jim, 'it's a big touch, and no mistake.