No, by God! there is a safer way than that to settle with you.

Have you got the skunk, Carver ?" "You can bet I have, Joe.

I kin choke the life out o' him--shall I ?" "No; let up a bit--just enough so he can answer me first, I want to find out what all this means.

Now look here, Knox, you're an army officer, are you ?" "Yes," I managed to gasp, sobbing in an effort to catch breath, as the iron fingers at my throat relaxed slightly.
"Well then, what is all this to you?
Why are you butting in on my game?
Was Beaucaire a friend of yours ?" "I can hardly claim that," I admitted.

"We never met until I came aboard this steamer.