"Wal, reckon I'd better stick to mine.

Shore you cain't teach an old dog new tricks.

But you boys may do well with the forty-fours.

Pack 'em on your saddles an' practice when you see a coyote." Jean found it difficult to convince himself that this interest in guns and marksmanship had any sinister propulsion back of it.

His father and brothers had always been this way.