"Studied the Indians any—the effect of alcohol on them?" he asked
Morse.
"Some," the prisoner answered.
"Don't you think it bad for them?"
"Yes, sir."
"Perhaps you've been here longer than I. Isn't this whiskey-smuggling bad business all round?"
"Not for the smuggler. Speakin' as an outsider, I reckon he does it because he makes money," Morse answered impersonally.
"For the country, I mean. For the trapper, for the breeds, for the
Indians."
"No doubt about that."
"You're a nephew of C.N. Morse, aren't you?"
"Yes, sir."