ALL
Come on! Grab him! Get hold of him there! Down with him! (etc.)
HONEYMAN (at same time)
Hey, you scoundrels! Git off me! Leave me be! I'm a peaceable man, ye ain't got no right to do this to me—git off me—git off—I say—hey, leave go my halter!
SOLDIERS
Well, ain't this nice, boys. He's brought along a rope for us to tie him up with, now ain't that thoughtful—here—leave go the rope.
HONEYMAN
Let me up—don't ye tie me up! I'm jest a farmer—out huntin' a stray cow!
CORPORAL
Stray cow, eh? Well, we was huntin' a stray coward! (laughter) Here give me that whip!