He 's some on ther gun play." "I hope he knows enough to quit when he 's cornered," returned the other pleasantly, sweeping his eyes to the opening in the hills, "for I 'm aiming to take him back to Kansas alive." "The hell ye are!" "That 's the plan, pardner, and I 've got reason for it.

I knew Le Fevre once, years ago, during the war, and I 've been some anxious to get my hands on him ever since.

He 's worth far more to me alive than dead, just now, and, Hughes," his voice hardening, "you 'll bear that fact in mind when the fracas begins.

From now on this is my affair, not yours.

You understand?
You get busy with the two bucks, and leave the white man to me.