I haven't any quarrel with you, ner any cause fer one.
But I have with that grinnin' cuss alongside o' yer. I 'll talk with
you all right, but Farnham will either mosey back ter his own den o'
thieves, 'er I 'll blow a hole plumb through him--that's flat. I don't
talk ter his kind."
The sheriff held up one hand, taking a single step forward, his face
grown sternly resolute.
"Mr. Farnham chances to be present as my deputy," he announced gravely.
"I don't know anything about a quarrel between you two men, and I care
less. I 'm here to enforce the law and arrest law-breakers. If you
decide to interfere between me and my duty I 'll know how to act. I
've smelt of the business end of a gun before to-day, and I guess
nobody ever saw Sam Hayes play baby when there was a fight on tap. If
there 's trouble between you and Farnham, have it out, and git done
with it in proper fashion, but just now he 's a sworn officer of the
law, and when you threaten him you threaten all Gulpin County.
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