“Howdy, pards,” was his greeting.
“I thought it was you, Vose,” said the captain, sharply; “what do you mean by following us?”
“What right have you to get in front of me? Don’t I have to make a trip to Sacramento three or four times each year?”
“But you are not accustomed to start in the night time.”
“And I never knowed it was your custom to leave New Constantinople in the middle of the night; leastways I never knowed you to do it afore.”
“We have important business,” added the captain brusquely, uncertain as yet whether he ought to be displeased or angered by the intrusion of Adams.
“So have I.”
“What is it?”
“Your good.”