"Yes, Ike."
"How does yeh feel 'bout dis time?"
"All right—considering."
"Not so hungry as yeh was, eh?"
"No."
"Dat's same's me. My heart's beatin' so dat I don't feel so holler——"
"You heap skee-at," grunted Wah Shin.
"Yes, an' I ain't 'shamed to say I is; but if it comes to chuckin' down rocks, you'll see I ken work harder'n you, Wah Shin," said Ike, with spirit.
"Mebbe yes. Mebbe no. Me chuckee rocks w'en Meest Sam he say, 'You go in, Wah.' Me no blag."
"Hist!" interrupted Sam. "Keep silence. They are coming nearer."