"What are you going to do with Cruickshank when you catch him?"
"Bring him back to look at the mistake he made about my claims," answered Corbett grimly.
"And suppose Cruickshank don't feel like coming back? It's more than likely that he won't."
"Then it will be a painful necessity for Roberts and myself to pack him back."
"If you get him back the law can't touch him, and the boys won't lynch him just for swindling a tenderfoot."
"The law can't touch him?"
"Why, certainly not. If you were such a blessed fool as to buy claims without a frontage on the crik, that's your business. He didn't say as they weren't on the top of a mountain."
"But no mountain was shown on his map," argued Corbett.
"I guess he'd say as he couldn't draw maps well and the one Steve Chance copied was the best he knew how to make. He sold you what he said he'd sell you, and if you didn't ask any questions that's your fault."