'It's the worst crime in the world,' said he.

'Then you confess you've committed it ?' said I, anxious to pin him right down to it, y' see.' 'ou bet I do.

Ef they hang me it'll be because I'm a drivelling idiot, an' not because I've shot one er two in my time.

Nobody but an ass could be caught at it, an' that's why I feel so infernal guilty.

Look here, Mr.Crow, ever' time you see a feller that's proved himself a downright ass, jest take him out an' lynch him.