Then he snorted and turned his back again.
The Kid stared at him in outraged dignity.

"Well, what say!" he softly murmured.

Then he leaped forward and walloped Red on the back.
"Hey, yore royal highness!" he shouted.

"Yu-yu-yu-oh, hang it-yu! Yu slab-sided, ring-boned, saddle-galled shade of a coyote, do yu think I'm only meanderin' in th' misty vales of-of--" Suggestions intruded from various sources.

"Hades ?" offered Hopalong.
"Cheyenne ?" Murmured Johnny.