"Oh! Then he's got Dalton in the swamp, eh?"
"Fo' suah, boss."
"In the hut?"
"Dat's whar he was."
"Why is Mason holding him a prisoner?"
"Dunno. But I 'spects it's kaze he am a-tryin' fo' ter git de ole man ter sign a paper, an' de broker won't do it."
"What sort of a paper?"
"A bank check."
"I see. He wants to get a genuine signature to it."
"Wants all ob Massa Dalton's balance what am left in de bank."