“I’d like tuh shake hands with you,” declared Thomas in an awed voice, offering one dirty paw.
“Me too,” said Bill, extending a hand equally as dirty. “You’re a real man an’ no mistake about that. What’s your name, officer?”
“Corporal Rand.”
“Where from?”
“Mackenzie barracks.”
“If I ain’t gettin’ personal, where’s your boots?”
“A Nitchie stole them one night while I slept.”
“The dirty skunk!”
“An’ your revolver?” noticed Thomas.
“Stole that too.”