"It's mesilf will inthrojuce Captain Franklin to his first haythin ball.

Our life on the claim's elevatin', for it leaves time for thought, but it is a bit slow at times.

An' will we come?
Man, we'll be the first." "Well, then, so long, fellers," said Curly.

"I got to be movin' along a little.

See you at the dance, sure." "Now, as to a ball, Battersleigh," said Franklin, argumentatively, when they were alone, "how can I go?
I've not the first decent thing to wear to such a place." "Tut, tut!" said Battersleigh.