I didn't want you comin' back on me for trying to keep their feet outa the trough.

I want you to know things is pretty damn ticklish right now, and it's going to take careful steppin'." "Well, don't let your foot slip, Al," Senator Warfield warned him.

"The Sawtooth would hate to lose you; you're a good man." "Oh, I get yuh," Al retorted.

"My foot ain't going to slip---- If it did, the Sawtooth would be the first to pile onto my back!" The last sentence was not meant for the senator's ears.

Al had backed his horse, and Senator Warfield was stepping on the starter.