"Do you belong in town, or out here?"
"In town, o'course. Hain't I lived there nigh sixty-four years?"
"Do you work steadily for Sack Todd?"
"No. I do a leetle drivin' now an' then, that's all. But, see here—"
"Do you know all the others at the ranch?"
"Most on 'em. I don't know the new fellers much."
"Did you intend to stay at the ranch?"
"You mean to-night?"
"Yes."
"Not unless Sack asked me to stay. He's queer about that, you know."
The old man glanced at the boys. "Quite a party o' ye, hain't there?"