“Ye ain’t going to charge me for it, are ye?”
“No, we’ll give it to you free and clear, on the condition we have already named.”
“When do you want to come to the lodge?”
“As soon as you leave it.”
“And that must be inside of a day or two,” added Fred.
“All right, I’ll agree,” said Hiram Skeetles, with something like an inward groan. “When do we git them stores?”
“You can come down to our place now and get them.”
“We can’t come out by the door; we’ll have to climb through the window,” put in Dan Marcy.
“We don’t care how you come,” answered Joe. “But you must leave your guns behind,” he added, suddenly.
“What for?”