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`` Well , they be . We better not run up against them to-day if we do n't want trouble . '' `` Well , I ai n't goin ' to dodge 'em , '' said Bill ; `` I ai n't in that business ; if they want fight , we 'll accommodate 'em with the best we 've got in the shop . '' At noon , Harkey 's gang went to dinner a little earlier , and , as they came down the path quite near , Jim said with a sneer : -- `` You managed to git the easiest half of the fence , did n't yeh ? '' `` We took the half that belongs to us , '' said Bill . '' _ We _ do n't take what do n't belong to us . '' `` Cow-bells , for instance , '' put in Bill 's hired hand , with a provoking intonation .