Fact is I'm a lucky gent, Bill Gregg." "They say back yonder in your country that you ain't never been beaten, Ronicky." "They sure say a lot of foolish things, just to hear themselves talk, partner.

A gent gets pretty good with a gun, then they say he's the best that ever breathed--that he's never been beat.

But they forget things that happened just a year back.

No, sir; I sure took my lickings when I started." "But, dog-gone it, Ronicky, you ain't twenty-four now!" "Between sixteen and twenty-two I spent a pile of time in bed, Bill, and you can lay to that!" "And you kept practicing ?" "Sure, when I found out that I had to.

I never liked shooting much.
Hated to think of having a gent's life right inside the crook of my trigger finger.