Didn't seem possible anybody could shoot as fast and straight as that, but Perris was all cut up because he'd missed and he didn't do no more singing for about half an hour.

And I needed that time for a lot of thinking.

Made up my mind that if anybody wanted to make trouble for Perris they could count me out of the party.
"And he kept on singing, when he started again, all the way to the ranch and me wondering when I was going to go to sleep and fall off.

I tried to make talk.

Seen a queer looking fob he wore for his watch pocket.
Asked him where he got it.
"'Tell you about it,' he says.