"What good do you gain by stopping here?" urged Astbury.  "What did the Major gain by all his fighting and praying?  Nothing but the gallows! Now, for me!  I've been near the gallows a good few times, but I bean't hanged yet, and I've had a merry life of it; and I've got that pot of gold I told you of.  Strike hands and join me, sir!  What have you got to look for here, if you'd excuse me, but to hang like Major Harrison?"