Mobs always "howled and seethed with passion" at one's doors; they did not stand about and talk quietly as though the subject was trivial and did not greatly concern them.
But the men were pressing closer, and their very calmness, had he known it, was ominous.

Lauman shifted his rifle ready for instant aim.
"Boys, look here," he began more gravely, "I can't say I blame yuh, looking at it from your view-point.

If you'd caught these men when yuh was out hunting 'em, you could uh strung 'em up--and I'd likely uh had business somewhere else about that time.

But yuh didn't catch 'em; yuh give up the chase and left 'em to me.

And yuh got to remember that I'm the one that brought 'em in.