'You want a warrant to get the four arrested?' asked the marshal; 'and you shall have it. But you know the game they'll play?'
Sedgwick did, and Ticehurst didn't.
'They'll work the State of Oregon against me,' said the marshal, 'and it'll be a fight.'
'That's what I'm here for,' said the skipper of the Oriana. He quoted General Grant: "I'll fight it out in this line if it takes all the summer." How is it you let Healy and his gang run the port?'
'I can't help it,' replied the official of the United States. 'I don't think you Englishmen understand that being a United States official here is pretty much the same as being a foreigner. There's folks here that would rather do me up than drink. However, we'll get the warrant and arrest these men to-night, if they can be found.'
They tried to arrest them that night. And Healy got word, of course, about what was coming.
'All right,' said Healy. 'I'll fix you.'
He sent for Gilson.
'Take these men back to the Oriana!'
'Eh, what?' said Gilson, 'are you going to quit already?'