Suspectin' treachery comes natural to you--being what you are." "There--that's enough!" This was the third man, Mayer Zurich.

He sprang up, speaking sharply; a tall, straight man, broad-shouldered, well proportioned, with a handsome, sparkling, high-colored face.

"Eric, you grow more insolent every day.
Cut it out!" Mr.Dewing, evenly enough, shifted his thoughtful gaze upon tall Eric, seemingly without resentment for the outburst.
"Well, wasn't he insultin' the boys then ?" demanded Eric.
"I guess you're right, there," Mayer Zurich admitted.

"I was not at all in favor of taking so many of them in on this proposition; but I'm not afraid of them doin' me dirt, now they're in.

I don't see why the three of us couldn't have kept this to ourselves--but Something had to blab it out! Why he should do that, and then distrust the very men he chose for so munificent a sharing of a confidence better withheld--that is quite beyond my understanding.