"Did you read these names?" he asked.
"Read 'em? No. Anythin' wrong with 'em?"
"They are not the names of the men I was led to believe signed this paper."
"They're not! Whose are they, then?"
"We have no 'T. Smith,' 'J. Brown,' nor 'C. Green' in the Government. Those are the names down here."
"Ye haven't!" Abner stopped short, and his body became tense.
"No; I know nothing about them."
"An' ye think they fooled me?"
"It looks very much like it."
"The divils!" and Abner's hands clenched together. "Jist wait till I git hold of them fellers. I'll fix 'em. An' so that's worth nuthin'?" he asked, pointing to the paper.