We can always shoot him when we have done with him.
We shall soon see, by the way he handles the horses, whether he has been accustomed to them." "All right," the other said.

"You come along with us then." "What wages massa pay ?" Jim asked.
"Anything you may be worth.

Don't you fret about wages." Jim pretended to hold out for a fixed sum; but the man said, in stern tones: "Come along, we don't want no more jaw, so you had best hold your tongue." No other words passed till they got back to the trees, and then turned off where the horses had previously done so.

Two minutes' walk brought them to a roughly-made shed, built against the almost perpendicular side of the hill.

It was built of logs, and there was nothing to show that it was inhabited.