A bronk slammed him against the fence and hurt his leg so he's going around with a limp.

What is that contraption, for gracious sake ?" "That?
Why, that's a travois.

You ask Sandy what it is, though, and he'll give you a different name, I reckon.

Sandy's beginning to think life is just one thing after another.

But he's getting educated." Surreptitiously they eyed each other.
"Why do you buy your gas that way ?" Mary V inquired with extreme casualness.