"You caught me asleep, old man.

I beg your pardon--but I have learned in Mexico that it's best to get the gun first and see who it is after that.

Did you say something about being shot at ?" "I did, but I could say more.

Here I am down here without any gun but that cussed shotgun, and I didn't have that, even, when I coulda used it handy.

And look what I got, up here on the hill!" He removed his hat and poked two fingers through the two holes in the crown.