Scudder reached the beach just as his nephew was shovin' off in the boat, bound for the mainland.
"'Consarn your empty head!' Nate yelled after him.

'See what you get by not mindin' me, don't you?
I'm runnin' things on this island after this.
I'm boss here; understand?
When you're ready to sign a paper deedin' over ha'f that money your wife's goin' to get to me and Huldy Ann, maybe I'll let you come back.

And perhaps then I'll square things for you with Dixland.

But if you dare to set foot on these premises until then I'll murder you; I'll drown you; I'll cut you up for bait; I'll feed you to the dog.' "He sculled off, his oars rattlin' 'Hark from the tomb' in the rowlocks.
He b'lieved Nate meant it all.

Oh, Scudder had HIM trained all right.".