Maybe then I can tell you a story." Burley threw up his hands in genuine apprehension.

"Not much! You ain't agoin' to tell _me_ no story!...

But I'll wait on you, an' welcome.
Reckon I owe you a good deal on this rustler round-up.

Wade, thet must have been a man-sized fight, even fer you.

I picked up twenty-six empty shells.