“Why so?” Clarence asked.
“Because they made nice targets for his rifle,” Everett replied.
“Scandalous!” Clarence exclaimed.
“He threatens to shoot George Mechlin, Tom Hughes says,” Webster added.
“Why?” Clarence asked.
“Because he got the appeal dismissed,” answered Webster.
“He is foolish to suppose that if George hadn't had it dismissed that no one else would,” Clarence said.
“I met the old man this morning. He stopped his wagon to ask me if father knew that Congress had passed the appropriation for money to survey lands in California. I told him I hadn't heard, and he went off whipping his horses, and swearing at Don Mariano and George Mechlin,” Everett said.
“I thought there would be a better feeling when the Don's cattle should be sent off, as they were the principal cause of irritation,” Clarence observed.
“And it is so. Only those boys—Romeo, Tom and Jack Miller—are always ridiculing or teasing Mathews,” Darrell said.