If you are bent on quarreling, you had better ride on by yourself." The Pike man frowned fiercely.
"Boy," he said, "I have shot a man for less than that." "I carry a revolver," said Joe quietly, "but I shan't use it unless it is necessary.

If you are so easily offended, you'd better ride on alone." This the Pike man did not care to do.
"You're a strange boy," he said, "but I reckon you're on the square.
I'll go along with you." "I would rather you'd leave us," thought Joe, but he merely said: "Very well.".