"I have business with you, Phil."
"I have no business with you; and I respectfully decline having anything whatever to do with you."
"Your declination is not accepted. I want to tell you that I never forget a friend or forgive an enemy."
"I have fought Indians before, and though I don't like the business, I can do it again."
"Do you call that talking like a gentleman, Phil?"
"No gentleman ever utters an Indian sentiment."
"You are in my power, Phil, and you had better come down from that high horse."
"I'm not in your power, and never shall be till I become a thief, a blackleg, and a swindler," I replied, calmly, as I glanced at Morgan Blair, who, I thought, was completely in his power.
"What!" exclaimed Lynch, springing to his feet, his face red with anger.
I fell back two or three steps, and quietly took up the poker, which rested against the bracket at the side of the grate.