Nokes was aware that some one on horseback had been near him when he was firing the grass, but had thought that it was one of the party from Gangoil.

By the time that Jerry Brownbie had reached the German, Medlicot was there also.
"Who the deuce are you ?" asked Jerry.
"What business is that of yours ?" said Medlicot.
"No business of mine, and you firing our grass! I'll let you know my business pretty quickly." "It's that fellow, Medlicot, from the sugar-mill," said Joe; "the man that Nokes is with." "I thought you was a horse of another color," continued Jerry, who had been given to understand that Medlicot was Heathcote's enemy.
"Anyway, I won't have my grass fired.

If God A'mighty chooses to send fires, we can't help it.

But I'm not going to have incendiaries here as well.

You're a new chum, and don't understand what you're about, but you must stop this." As Medlicot still went on putting out the fire, Jerry attempted to ride him down.