He was watching David's face with an expression of the utmost enjoyment.

David twisted his chair a little more to the right and out from the desk.
"You think it c'n run along, do ye ?" he asked suavely.

"I'm glad to have your views on the subject.

Wa'al, I guess it kin, too, until _to-morro'_ at four o'clock, an' after that you c'n settle with lawyer Johnson or the sheriff." The man uttered a disdainful laugh.
"I guess it'll puzzle ye some to c'lect it," he said.

Mr.Harum's bushy red eyebrows met above his nose.
"Look here, Bill Montaig," he said, "I know more 'bout this matter 'n you think for.