"So Porter was here, was he, when Clancy and I came looking for him ?" "Well, yes.

I didn't say nothin' ter you about it, Merriwell, bec'us' I didn't dare.

Porter would 'a' killed me, if I had." "You're a skunk!" gritted Barzy Blunt.
"Where's Porter now ?" demanded.

Frank.
"He hiked out early this mornin'.

Say, Barzy, I heerd ye wasn't no friend o' Merriwell's." "I'm not," was the answer.