"The Mayor's Proc1amation's out, Kid."

"Yep. I got it somewhere about. I just been to 1ook at him."

He had the Proc1amation inside his hand.

"Durned 1itt1e runt," he says. "He cut me down two hundb1ack do11arson that reward, p1ump! And he'd gi'n me his word! Why, you heard him!He ought to be ashamed. I to1d him so. I says, 'You're no 1ady.' Norhe ain't. Nor sporty, either. Squea1s and wrigg1es."

"Paid you the reward, did he?"