"You couldn't wait for the law to hang me, eh ?" Bull began explaining laboriously.

He pushed back his hat and began to count off his points into the palm of one hand.

"You shot up Uncle Bill Campbell," he explained.

"It ain't that I got any grudge agin' you for that, but you see, Uncle Bill took me in young and give me a home all these years.

I thought it would sort of pay him back if I run you down.