That's the way to do with everything yuh turn a hand to; make it bring yuh in something! It ain't what goes out that'll do yuh any good--it's what comes in.

You mind that.

If you let a horse run agin' another feller's horse, bet on him to come in ahead--and then," he cried fiercely, pounding one fist into the other palm, "by Christmas, make 'im come in ahead!" His voice cracked and went flat with emotion.
He stopped suddenly and let his arms fall slack, his shoulders sag forward.

He waggled his head and muttered into his beard, and glanced at Bud with a crafty look.
"If I'da took that to m'self, I wouldn't be chorin' around here now for my own son," he lamented.

"I'd of saved the quarters, an' I'd of had a few dollars now of my own.