Then he burst into a laugh.
"The devil's a preacher, if you ain't lost your pinfeathers,"' said he.
"Well, it's this then: I got to have a boat to get there; and she must be stocked.

And I got to have help with the treasure, if it's like this fellow said it was.

And the Yaquis and cannibals from Tiburon is through the country.

It's money I got to have, and it's money I haven't got, and can't get unless I let somebody in as pardner." "Why me ?" I asked.
"Why not ?" he retorted.

"I ain't see anybody I like better." We talked the matter over at length.