thats with you as rich as

    "Yes. I know the country, and I can make a middlin' good livin' there."     "I say, is that boy thats with you as rich as they say?"     "I don't know what they say."     "They say he's worth a million."     "Oh no, not so much as that. He's pretty well fixed."     "Hasn't he got a father livin'?"     "No, it's his father that left the money."     "How did you happen to get in with him?"     "Oh, we met promiscuous. He took a sort of fancy to me, and that's the way of it."     "Do you expect to keep him with you?"     "He talks of goin' back to Montana with me. I'll be sort of guardian to him."     "You're in luck, Jeff."     "Yes, I'm in luck to have pleasant company. Maybe we'll join together and buy a mine."     "Would you mind introducin' him?"     "Not at all," and thus Rodney became acquainted with quite a number of the Burton young men. He was amused to see with what deference they treated him, but preserved a sober face and treated all cordially, so that he made a favorable impression on those he met.     Among those who made it in their way to call on the two travelers was Lemuel Sheldon, the rich man of the village.     "How do you do, Jefferson?" he said condescendingly.