Cool Runnin

In the mountains above Kingston, Jim concludes a tense ganja negotiation

"THE HIGGLER, Gordon, was the headman who bargained for all the ganja in that area. He sat and figured in his head for a moment. The room seemed to get very quiet and the machete men looked to their leader as their muscles seemed to tense up. Then, he looked at Jim real steady and said, "Ya know that ya can't never comeback ta this island if you don't pay me proper?" Jim looked straight into the big man's eyes and said, "I am a man of my word. The only way I won't pay is if I'm in jail or dead. You'll read about me in the papers. I won't forget. I will pay you all that I owe."
GORDON stood up and his posse of machete men all stood. It was a moment when the smell of fear would have ended any deal. Jim stood up and stuck out his hand. Gordon gave him another long look, then grasped the extended hand. He held it and exclaimed, "Bumbaclot, ya OK But I'm go'in to give ya a new name. Ya're now called Dr. Scrooge, fo ya are one tough higgler youself." As he shook Jim's hand, he laughed at his joke. The machete men laughed with him. The tension everyone felt flooded out of the room."