"You have traveled enough. Why don't you feel sleepy?"
"Haw! haw! haw! what a question. How do I know why I ain't sleepy? You don't appear so yourself."
"I ain't, either."
"You've done as much tramping as I have."
"That may be; but I'm used to it, and you ain't."
"Don't know 'bout that. Used to do good 'eal of it up on the farm. Say, you, did you ever hear of the Riflemen of the Miami?"
"Yes, very often. They are sometimes seen in these parts."
"I'd like to jine them 'ere fellers."
"You jine 'em!" repeated Dernor, contemptuously. "You'd be a pretty chap to go with them. Them chaps, sir, is hunters!" he added, in a triumphant tone.
"Jest what I s'posed, and that's why I wanted to jine 'em."