"That is more than I can say to you, sir. You broke your promise to me, and——"
"Oh, you'll get used to little things like that by the time you have been in the business a while. Promises don't amount to much, anyway."
"Not with such men as you, that is plain."
"What's the use of holding a grudge, old man?" smiled the comedian, familiarly. "It won't do any good. The company was bound to go up anyhow, and we did no more than anybody else would have done. We simply made a break for our money—and got it."
"At the expense of the others. With that money we could have made the jump to the next town."
"And been stranded there."
"You don't know that."
"It was sure enough. There's no business out here. Crops have failed, and money is wanting. If you ever go out with another company, keep out of this region."
"Thank you for your very kind advice! If I ever go out with another company, I shall take care to have all promises made in writing."
"A very good scheme," grinned Cates, and Frank turned away, feeling his pulses throbbing with anger, and fearing he might have trouble with the insolent fellow if he talked with him longer.