So I ties a halter t' his collar an' starts out.

I isn't exactly leadin' Bull, he's sort o' leadin' me, for you all know how strong he is.

But we sure needs th' halter t' make Bull keep th' peace.

He's had more fights at that there Junction! Say, he's the fightenist dog"-- a warning look from Jim kept Bill to the thread of his story.
"We passes th' homes of all Bull's live enemies, an' th' graves of his dead ones, an' gets to a rock, where we c'n sit an' study natur' a bit, before we turns back.

An' thinkin' it's safe t' do so, I lets go o' Bull's halter.