"Huh!" And presently, "Is that _so_ ?" "You know it's so," said I.
"Is that so ?" reiterated he once more.

"Nice way to act, ain't it, when you're ast out to dinner in the best society of the place?
Tell a feller he's shy on facts, when all he's handin' out is just the plain, unfreckled truth, for onct at least.

We got oysters, four cans of 'em, and done had 'em for a month.

They're up there." He jerked a thumb toward the top of old Carrizo Mountain.

I looked at the snow, and in a flash comprehended.