I got so mad I couldn't talk.

That damn singing sure was riding my nerves.

I tried to take it out on a squirrel that run across the road but I missed him.
"'Tell you what, partner,' says Perris, 'for a quick shot, shooting from the hip is the only stuff.' "'Shooting from the hip at squirrels ?' says I.'I've read about that sort of stuff in a book, but it never was done out of print.' "'Just a matter of practice,' says he.
"'Huh,' says I, 'I'm here to see and do my talking afterwards.' "Just then another squirrel pops across the trail dodging like a yearling trying to get back to the herd.

Quick as a wink out comes Red's gun.

It just does a flip out of the holster and bang! The dust jumped right under the squirrel's belly.