I ain't here hunting any trouble, but if it begins I 've got a posse over yonder big enough to make it mighty interesting.

You sabe ?" Old Hicks hesitated, his finger yet hovering about the trigger, his eyes filled with doubt.

There was some mystery in this affair he could not in the least fathom, but he was obstinate and hard-headed.
"Yes, I know you all right, Mr.Sheriff," he returned, yet speaking half angrily.

"But I don't know what ye 're dippin' inter this yere affair fer.

I haven't any quarrel with you, ner any cause fer one.
But I have with that grinnin' cuss alongside o' yer.