Why'n't you let me paste 'm that night at the Opera House ?" Corliss laughed at the recollection.

"Why did you strike him, Del ?" "General principles," Del snapped back and shut up.
But Del Bishop, for all his punitive spirit, did not neglect the main chance, and on the return trip, when they came to the forks of Eldorado and Bonanza, he called a halt.
"Say, Corliss," he began at once, "d'you know what a hunch is ?" His employer nodded his comprehension.

"Well, I've got one.

I ain't never asked favors of you before, but this once I want you to lay over here till to-morrow.

Seems to me my fruit ranch is 'most in sight.