"Adzac'ly!" was the facetious affirmation. "Smelt 'em out at the show. That's how come the mate has locked him up."
The senator stiffened. "Oh, you must be mistaken!"
"Want to bet? Pull out. Go you a thousand they've jugged him and them two Arkansas killers. Yes, sir, to stay jugged till they leave us, at Helena."
"Who!—have done that?"
"Same as you're thinking; they; them; him; that believes he's bossing the boat—which maybe he is."
"Where is he?"
"Up on the roof, with a select few, both sexes."
"Gentlemen, he must let them go at once!"
"Senator, not with money, but just on your word, you sort o' bail 'em out. If they cut up, nobody'll blame you."
"I'll do it! We don't want an owner of the finest boat on Southern waters to have any part in that sort of mistake, whatever his youth."