Boys, I've in my pocket now an order from him good for a hundred thousand dollars.

It's to be spent buying arms and ammunition for us.

And when the time comes there's more coming from the same place.

We've got friends, but keep this to yourselves." He walked on and the two took a long and meditative pull at their pipes.
"I reckon Roylston may not shoot as straight as we can," said Smith, "but mebbe at as long range as New Orleans he can do more harm to the Mexicans than we can." "Looks like it.

I ain't much of a hand at money, but I like the looks of that man Roylston, an' I reckon the more rifles and the more ammunition we have the fewer Mexicans will be left." The two scouts, having smoked as long as they wished, went to their quarters and slept soundly through the night.