"I'm not," added Richard, firmly. "We shall only have the job to do over again."
"If you ever catch me in such a scrape as this again, you may let me know it when you do."
"You might as well have the game as the name."
"I don't know about that. I am glad the barn didn't burn. Are you sure the fire has gone out?"
"No doubt of it. There isn't enough to light your cigar."
"I suppose those men put it out. Who do you think they were?"
"I don't know, and I don't care. I wish they had been somewhere else. They have spoiled my night's work."
"I am glad they have; and I thank them with all my heart for what they have done."
"I don't; you might as well be hung for an old sheep as a lamb. If we are caught it will be all the same with us as though we had burned the barn."
"Who do you suppose the men were?"