I am glad for that." "Glad ?" "Yes," the tall man placed a hand on the other's shoulder as they turned to walk toward the house, "because, Phil, I have come to the conclusion that this old world is a mighty empty place for the man who has nothing to do." "But there seems to be a lot of fellows who manage to keep fairly busy doing nothing, just the same, don't you think ?" replied Phil with a low laugh.
"I said _man_'," retorted Patches, with emphasis.
"That's right," agreed Phil.

"A man just naturally requires a man's job." "And," mused Patches, "when it's all said and done, I suppose there's only one genuine, simon-pure, full-sized man's job in the world." "And I reckon that's right, too," returned the cowboy..