"The Old Man's gittin' old--" "He ain't but fifty-two; yuh call that old, consarn yuh?
He's younger right now than you'll be when you're forty." "Countess is going along, too, so she can ride herd on the Kid," Pink informed then.

"I heard the Little Doctor tell her to pack up, and 'never mind if she did have sponge all set!' Countess seemed to think her bread was a darned sight more important than the Old Man.

That's the way with women.

They'll pass up--" "Well, by golly, I like to see a woman take some interest in her own affairs," Slim defended.

"What they packin' up for, and where they goin' ?" Slim had just ridden up to the group in time to overhear Pink's criticism.
They told him the news, and Slim swallowed twice, said "By golly!" quite huskily, and then rode slowly away with his head bowed.