12/19 And yet if you come to talk of law-suits, I've noticed it a dozen times that when Eastern men have gone against these Western propositions, they've got the worst of it. They're a funny lot, these natives. They'll live in a shirt and overalls, without a _sou marque_ to bless 'emselves with. They'll holler for Eastern Capital, and promise Eastern Capital the time of its life, if it'll only come; and when Eastern Capital does come--why, then they _give_ it the time of its life!" "Nonsense," rejoined Barkley, walking up and down with his hands under the tails of his coat. |