"You theenk so."
"Oh, I'm sure of it."
"One try to shoot you not long 'go."
"Yes. How did you learn of that?"
"Pablo have de ear. He hear something."
"What did you hear?"
"Dat man be paid to try de shoot."
"Look here, how do you know?"
"Oh, I hear some of de men talk. They all say they pritee sure of eet. How you like my seestar?"
The boy asked the question with such suddenness that Frank was a bit startled.