"I told him I was goin' agin him, an' so I am.

I'll bust his traps as fast as I kin find 'em, an' I won't do nothin' but hunt fur 'em, day an' night." "Now, haint you got no sense at all ?" cried his father, so fiercely that Dan jumped up and turned his face toward the path, as if he were on the point of taking to his heels.
"Wal, I wanted to go pardners with him an' he wouldn't le' me," protested Dan.
"What's the odds?
Set down thar an' listen while somebody what knows somethin' talks to you.

What odds does it make to you if he won't go pardners with you ?" "Kase I want some of the money; that's the odds it makes to me." "Wal, you kin have it, an' you needn't do no work, nuther.

I'm Dave's pap an' your'n too, an' knows what's best fur all of us.

You jest keep still an' let Dave go on an' ketch the birds; an' when he's ketched 'em an' got the money in his pocket, then I'll tell you what else to do.