But she say she come back to see if Ba'teese is all right." Houston shook his head.
"That's good.

But I'm afraid that you won't find her doing anything to help me out." "She will help Ba'teese," came simply from the big man, as the iron-bound cant hook was examined for the fiftieth time.

"Why they no come, huh ?" "Search me.

Do you suppose they've given it up?
It's a bluff on their part, you know, Ba'tiste.

They haven't any legal right to this land or flume or anything else; they just figured that my mill was burned and that I wouldn't be in a position to fight them.