I 'll talk with you all right, but Farnham will either mosey back ter his own den o' thieves, 'er I 'll blow a hole plumb through him--that's flat.

I don't talk ter his kind." The sheriff held up one hand, taking a single step forward, his face grown sternly resolute.
"Mr.Farnham chances to be present as my deputy," he announced gravely.
"I don't know anything about a quarrel between you two men, and I care less.

I 'm here to enforce the law and arrest law-breakers.

If you decide to interfere between me and my duty I 'll know how to act.

I 've smelt of the business end of a gun before to-day, and I guess nobody ever saw Sam Hayes play baby when there was a fight on tap.