They take along a nigger to cook for them, and have a high old time shooting over their decoys; but the first thing they know they'll find that shanty missing some fine morning.

I'll set fire to it." "Don't say that out loud," said Lester, quickly, at the same time extending his hand to his companion, as if to show that what he had said met his own views exactly.

"Don't so much as hint it to a living person.

We'll give them a chance to make friends with us if they want to, and if they don't, let them take the consequences.

But we can talk about that some other time.