Me an' you are friends, Patches, an' that's why I'm a-tellin' you you better pull your freight while the goin's good." "Much obliged, Joe, but there's no hurry.

You don't need to be so rushed.

It will be an hour before Nick gets back, if he drives that cow as far as he ought." Again poor Yavapai Joe told more than he intended.

"You don't need to worry none 'bout Nick; he'll sure drive her far enough.

He ain't takin' no chances, Nick ain't." With his convictions so readily confirmed, Patches had good ground upon which to base his following remarks.