Jack was highly pleased, and even the stolid face of the half-breed showed satisfaction.
"Don't think I put this up on you," Jack said.

"It was that cape.

He ain't used to such frills.

But it was a circus," he added, going off into a fit of laughter, "worth five dollars any day." "You bet!" said the half-breed.

"Dat's make pretty beeg fun, eh ?" It seemed to me that it depended somewhat upon the point of view, but I merely agreed with him, only too glad to be so well out of the fight.
All day we followed the trail that wound along the shoulders of the round-topped hills or down their long slopes into the wide, grassy valleys.