"Then you ought to pay me more board money."
"I'm paying all it's worth now. I get no more meals, remember—I only use this place to sleep in."
"Well, that's worth more."
"I'm thinking of getting a room near the stand," went on Nelson, after a pause.
"What! you want to leave me!" roared Sam Pepper.
"Why not? There is nothing to keep me here. I don't want anything to do with your saloon."
"That's a nice way to talk to me."
"I can't help it. I hate the saloon, and it's too far to come down here just to sleep; especially when I have to leave so early in the morning."
"Supposing I don't let you leave?"
To this Nelson made no reply.