human
You ain't going into the house lookin' for him, Mac? he asked, and he lowered his voice to a sharp whisper in spite of the distance.
gpt
Maybe there's a pile of men in that house. It's got room for a whole army. You ain't going in there by yourself, Mac?
human
Haw-Haw, explained the big man quietly,
gpt
I ain't going after Barry. I'm going to make him come after me.
human
What you goin' to do?
gpt
Would you know that black hoss agin if you seen him?
human
In a thousand.
gpt
That hoss has had a long ride; and Barry has put him in one of them barns, they ain't no doubt. Most like, the dog is with the hoss.
human
It looks a considerable lot like a wolf, muttered Langley.
gpt
I wouldn't choose meetin' up with that dog in the dark. Besides, what good is it goin' to do you to find the dog?
human
If you hurt a man's dog, explained Mac Strann calmly,
gpt
What sense is they in that?
human
If Barry comes to me, ain't he the one that's breakin' the law? If I kill him then, won't it be in self-defense? I ain't no law-breaker, Haw-Haw. It ain't any good bein' a law-breaker. Them lawyers can talk a man right into a grave. They's worse nor poison. I'd rather be caught in a bear trap a hundred miles from my shack than have a lawyer fasten onto my leg right in the middle of Brownsville. No, Haw-Haw, I ain't going to break any law. But I'm going to fix the wolf so's he'll know me; and when he gets well he'll hit my trail, and when he hits my trail he'll have Barry with him. And when Barry sees me, then---- he raised his arms above him in the dark.
gpt
Then! breathed Mac Strann,
human
Jerry can start sleepin' sound for the first time!
gpt
An' I'll be there to watch. I'll be there to see fair play, don't you never doubt it, Mac. Why didn't I never go with you before? Why, Jerry never done anything to touch this! But be careful, Mac. Don't make no slip up to-night. If they's trouble--I ain't a fighting man, Mac. I ain't no ways built for it.
human
Shut your mouth, said Mac Strann bluntly.
gpt
I need quiet now.