"I see you've got a skiff tied alongside," said Evan.
"Remarkable fine eyesight!" said the skipper ironically.
"I'll give you a dollar if you'll put me aboard that steamboat yonder."
"Why the Hell don't you walk aboard by the gangway?"
"Well, you see it's a kind of joke I want to put up on them. I want them to think they've gone off and left me, and then I'll show myself, see?"
"I never see nothing as don't concern me."
"I'll make it two dollars."
"I ain't running my head into no noose."
"Oh, I assure you it isn't a hanging matter."
"Nothin' doin', fella."