Did yer think I wanted ter be catched on this job ?" "All right, but thar's no harm a tellin' yer.

Don't be so damn touchy.
Eneyboddy in the shack ?" "No; only the woman, asleep on a stool." "Whar's Tim gone to ?" "I reckon he don't even know hisself; he's sure sum drunk." Rale chuckled, patting the side of the horse next him.

"Whole caboodle workin' like a charm," he said, good humoredly.

"Thought onct the deputy might show up ugly, but a quart o' red-eye sure fixed him--thar's our party a comin' now.

Ye're ter stay right whar ye are." They were advancing toward us up the bank which sloped down toward the creek.