You've got the most money, the most brains, an' you're known all over the state--on account of them slick Herefords you've been raisin', an' on account of headin' the delegation to the state convention last fall, from this county.

You can talk, for you mighty near stampeded that convention last fall.

If you'd said the word you'd have been governor today instead of that dumb coyote which is holdin' down the office now.

You've got the reputation an' the backbone--an' they've got to listen to you.

I've heard that cattle owners all over the state are gettin' the same deal." Barthman's eyes gleamed with passion.