'I'll give you five pounds of backie.'
'I say what I sez; I can't do it.'
'Then,' said young Sampson, 'there is no help for it; I must manage the job myself.'
'You'd better,' assented Grizzly; 'if I was you, I wouldn't trust nobody else.'
'I don't mean to,' answered Sampson. He was panting after the thrashing he had administered, and as he cooled he began to question his discretion in giving way to his brutality. 'I say, Cobbledick, you mind this; you and I and my father are all in the same box, and you in the worst compartment of it, for it is you who have put the dust in. My father and I can always put on the look of innocence and throw the blame on you. You, if the rope has to be tasted, you will have the first bite.'
'I understand,' said the old man, putting his finger to his eye. 'Jonadab the son of Rechab weren't my father. I ain't a vule; it be they as goes to Ophir be the vules.'
'You won't take it ill that I thrashed you. You put me out, and I am naturally of a quick temper.'
'I say, Cap'n; I wouldn't let none else do the job to-day. I'd do it myself if I was you.'
'I intend to. I told you I did.'
'That be right. Do it yourself.'