human
It's kind of fortunate you're here to-night. We've got to have a talk,
gpt
You can't let me have the men I asked for?
human
All you want. That's not the point. Now, you just let me have a minute or two.
gpt
Well, he said,
human
They might be claim-jumpers.
gpt
Still, nobody could jump a claim whose title was good.
human
The fact is, our title isn't quite as good as it might be. That is, there's a point or two anybody who knew all about it could make trouble on, he said, and then turned, a trifle impatiently, to Brooke.
gpt
You take it blame quietly. I had kind of figured that would astonish you.
human
I had surmised as much already. We'll suppose the men Shyanne saw intend to jump the claim. How will they set about it?
gpt
They'll wait until they figure every one's asleep--twelve o'clock, most likely, since that would make it easy to get their record in the same day, though it's most of an eight hours' ride to the office of the Crown recorder. Then they'll drive their stakes in quietly, and while the rest sit down tight on the pegged-off claim, one of them will ride out all he's worth to get the record made. After that, they'll start in to bluff the dollars out of Devine.