"Tex was saying something about it to Curley when they rode past me, but I didn't ketch it all.

Anything in it ?" Bill cleared his mind again with blistering epithets before he answered Bud directly.

"Jake was rode, and he was rode hard.

It was a cool night--and I know what it takes to put that hawse in a lather.

I wisht I'd a got to feel a few saddle blankets this morning! The--" Bill cussed himself out of breath.
When he stopped, Bud took up the refrain.