the house-boat. I got hold of his tracks just because I didn't want him to come to any harm while he was all worked up. The reason I didn't say anything about where he went was, because there are a whole lot of fellows in this camp that would put two and two together and get five. Understand? They'd say he went to hide Goldie's freight shipment of dollar bills. So I kept still. No harm in keeping still."
"Oh, cracky," I said, "but I like you. I'm keeping still about something too and you can bet I know how to keep my mouth shut. You can just bet I'd do anything for a friend, I would."
"Well, Skinny's got a good friend," he said.
"I didn't mean Skinny," I told him; "but he has got two good friends, anyway, and that's us, hey?"
He just said, "That's us," and then he slid right down the roof and jumped off the edge, awful funny like.
