He smiled broadly at Rope.
"You reckon them saddles are acquainted ?" he said.
Rope deftly untangled them.

"I ain't thinkin' they're relations," he returned, grinning up at Ferguson.

"Leastways I never knowed a 'double cinch' an' a 'center fire' to git real chummy." "I reckon you're right," returned Ferguson, his eyes gleaming cordially; "an' I've knowed men to lose their tempers discussin' whether a center fire or a double cinch was the most satisfyin'." "Some men is plum fools," returned Rope, surveying Ferguson with narrow, pleased eyes.

"You didn't observe that the saddles rode any easier after the argument than before ?" "I didn't observe.

But mebbe the men was more satisfied.