"And if I don't agree with you?"

"There's all outdoors ready to receive y'u, seh. It would be a
pity to stay in the one spot where your welcome's wore thin."

"Still I may choose to stay."

"Ce'tainly, but if y'u decide that way y'u better step out on the
porch and talk it over with us where there ain't ladies present."

"Isn't this a costume dance? What's the matter with my guns? I'm
an outlaw, ain't I?"

"I don't know whether y'u are or not, seh. If y'u say y'u are
we're ready to take your word. The guns have to be shucked if y'u
stay here. They might go off accidental and scare the ladies. "

The man rose blackly. "I'll remember this. If y'u knew who y'u
were getting so gay with--"

"I can guess, Mr. Holloway, the kind of an outfit y'u freight
with, and I expect I could put a handle to another name for you."

"By God, if y'u dare to say--"

"I don't dare. especially among so many ladies," came
McWilliams's jaunty answer.

The eyes of the two men gripped, after which Holloway swung on