"He seemed to throw in a few fancy touches, particlerly in that 'Good night.' Sorter chucked a little sentiment in it.

Didn't seem to be the same thing ez, 'Git, yer d--d suckers,' on the other line." "Whoever he was, he knew the road and the men who travelled on it.

Like ez not, he went over the line beside the driver on the box on the down trip, and took stock of everything.

He even knew I had those greenbacks; though they were handed to me in the bank at Sacramento.

He must have been hanging 'round there." For some moments Hale remained silent.