The most of 'em are yonder now, an' if it wus n't fer leavin' a prisoner unprotected, darn me if I wud n't like to mosey right down thar an' pound a little hoss sense into thet bunch o' cattle.

Thet's 'bout the only thing ye kin do fer a plum fool, so long as the law won't let ye kill him." They lapsed into contemplative silence, each man busied with his own thought, and neither perceiving clearly any probable way out of the difficulty.

Hampton spoke first.
"I 'm really sorry that you got mixed up in this, Buck, for it looks to me about nine chances out of ten against either of us getting away from here unhurt." "Oh, I don't know.

It's bin my experience thet there's allers chances if you only keep yer eyes skinned.

Of course them fellers has got the bulge; they kin starve us out, maybe they kin smoke us out, and they kin sure make things onpleasant whenever they git their long-range guns to throwin' lead permiscous.