It's just a fancy way o' expressin' yourself.

Can't you give a feller credit for no 'magination ?" "Oh, you got 'magination all right," Shorty agreed.

"You ain't in no ways hampered by facts.

But, anyway, we wasn't talkin' 'bout Injuns." "No, but we was goin' to," retorted Bill, "for I was about t' d'rect th' conversation in them channels when you makes them ign'rant interruptions." "Oh, go on an' talk, Bill," Jim Walker broke in.

"Don't pertend that Shorty, nor th' whole United States Army, c'd stop you if you wanted t' chin." Thus urged Bill began his discourse.