"Well, rattle 'em off quick."
"Badger," began Mr. Willett, "what is your business?"
"I'm a miner," was the answer.
"Where do you mine?"
"I ain't at work—jist now."
"How long have you been at Hurley's Gulch?"
"Off and on, 'bout a month."
"You came here broke?"
"Yes. I wasn't flush, I'll allow."
"But you are flush now?"