Belllounds pulled a chair up to the table.
"What'll we make the limit ?" asked Jim.
"Two bits," replied Lem, quickly.
Then began an argument.

Belllounds was for a dollar limit.

The cowboys objected.
"Why, Jack, if the ole man got on to us playin' a dollar limit he'd fire the outfit," protested Bludsoe.
This reasonable objection in no wise influenced the old man's son.

He overruled the good arguments, and then hinted at the cowboys' lack of nerve.

The fun faded out of their faces.