"Oh, you did, hey?
Did you think of that all by yourself?
Did it ever occur to you that I have your instructions, over your own signature, filed away, and that they would make mighty interesting reading?
Your clerk can proceed accordingly any time he gets good and ready.

Go on, man! You make me tired! You've earned no share in this mine, and you'll get no share unless you pay well for it.

If we find the mine, we'll need cash money, to be sure; but if we find it, we can get all the money we want without yours.

Go on away! You bother me!" "I have richly earned a share without putting in any money," said Mitchell with much dignity.

"This man Johnson, that you fear so much--I have laid him by the heels for several years to come, and left you a clear field.