Tied their tongues into hard knots tryin' to tell me somethin' I didn't have time to listen to, and looked like they wanted to see my hide hangin' on a fence.
"Tige, he didn't take to 'em much.

He kept walkin' back and forth between me and them, talking as sensible as they did, I must say, and makin' his meanin' full as clear.

I dunno how we'd all 'a' come out, if I hadn't brought Jemimy and the twins out and let 'em into the argument.

Them greasers didn't like the looks of old Jemimy, and they backed off.

Tige, he follered 'em right up, and soon's they got outa reach of Jemimy, they took down their lariats an' tried to hitch onto him.
"They didn't know Tige.