"This gentleman has come over here on a compromise." "On a--WHICH ?" said McKinstry, glancing scornfully out of the door for some rare species of mustang vaguely suggested to him in that unfamiliar word.
"To see if we couldn't come to some fair settlement," said Stacey.

"I've no objection to going outside with you, but I think we can discuss this matter here just as well." His fine feathers had not made him a coward, although his heart had beaten a little faster at this sudden recollection of the dangerous reputation of his host.
"Go on," said McKinstry.
"The plain facts of the case are these," continued Stacey, with more confidence.

"We have sold a strip of this property covering the land in dispute between you and Harrison.

We are bound to put our purchaser in peaceable possession.

Now to save time we are willing to buy that possession of any man who can give it.