"I'm no friend of yours, you old tinhorn.

What were you trying to do?
Out with it." "It wasn't me, Barzy," whimpered McGurvin, "it was Heppner--Heppner from Tombstone.

He put it all up--him an' Nick Porter." "Put what up ?" "Why, this scheme to beat the perfesser out o' that claim o' his.

I was drawed inter it innercent like." "Yes, you were mighty innocent!" put in Frank scathingly.

"You pretended that you had located the professor's claim a long while ago, and that the professor had jumped it.