"You ain't been through what I been through.
You ain't man enough to of lasted." The imputation sobered Little Joe and he shrugged his massive shoulders significantly.

Shorty's laugh was shrill with contempt.

"Oh, you're big enough," he sneered.

"But what does beef count agin a lightning flash ?" He grew reminiscent.

"I seen him bluff down the Wyoming Kid, yesterday." A religious silence spread in the bunkhouse.