Nappa Bill bound up his injured hand with a napkin, which he snatched from the arm of the negro waiter.
Looking earnestly at Jack, he said:
"I'm cornered this time, and I'll own up that you got the best of me, but by thunder, I'll get square with you, colonel, if it takes me all my life."
"Ah, pshaw! fellows like you can't harm me."
"Are you betting money on that?"
"I never bet with your class," replied Jack.
"What's my class?" inquired Nappa Bill.
"Loafers, frauds and beats."
"You're kind of high-toned, aren't you?" sneered Nappa Bill. "They're all gentlemen where you come from, I should imagine; don't have to work and look around for a living."
"It matters very little who or what I am," replied Jack, "but if you pick me up for a fool you'll find that you never made a greater mistake in your life."