"I've told you we're just ordinary land buyers, going up to look at a tract beyond the river."
"Know that snooper, Davis?"
"No, we took his part because you fellows were jumping him."
"Know anything about him—what his business is?"
"No; and don't care. The only business I'm interested in just now is getting up the river."
"You can't go on this boat."
"So we were told down at the Key."
The captain consulted with the other three men.
"You got to get off here. We're going up to—to where you can't go. We'll send an Indian down here to paddle you back to Gumbo Key. Get off the boat!"
"Easy!" Roger was rapidly losing patience. "Don't try it again."