We'll take a run over to that locality in my car--it's open season for ducks, and there's that lake you see on the map.

A couple of shotguns and our hunting licenses will be all the alibi we'll need.

You must know how to get about in the open country, living in Arizona as you have, and I'm counting a good deal on that.

That's one reason why I made you the offer, instead of these flyers around here--and by the way, that's one point that made you look like a safe bet to the old man.
"I was talking to him about salary, and he's willing to go stronger than I said, if you make good.

He said it would be worth about two hundred a day, which is considerably better than the thousand a week that I named." Cliff knew when to stop and let the bait dangle.