He's tickled to death to get a whack at the outfit.

And I hate to see him get away with it; but I guess we'll have to stand for it." That sentiment did not please Pink; nor, when Weary repeated it later that evening in the bunk-house, did it please the Happy Family.

The less pleasing it was because it was perfectly true and every man of them knew it.

Beyond keeping the sheep off Flying U land, there was nothing they could do without stepping over the line into lawlessness--and, while they were not in any sense a meek Happy Family, they were far more law-abiding than their conversation that night made them appear..