I wa'n't takin' much hand in the matter either way, though my feelin's was with the Tenaker party.

I know 't would come to a point where some money 'd prob'ly have to be used, an' I made up my mind I wouldn't do much drivin' myself unless I had to, an' not then till the last quarter of the heat.

Wa'al, it got to lookin' like a putty even thing.

What little show I had made was if anythin' on the Purse side.
One day Tenaker come in to see me an' wanted to know flat-footed which side the fence I was on.

'Wa'al,' I says, 'I've ben settin' up fer shapes to be kind o' on the fence, but I don't mind sayin', betwixt you an' me, that the bulk o' my heft is a-saggin' your way; but I hain't took no active part, an' Purse an' them thinks I'm goin' to be on their side when it comes to a pinch.' "'Wa'al,' he says, 'it's goin' to be a putty close thing, an' we're goin' to need all the help we c'n git.' "'Wa'al,' I says, 'I guess that's so, but fer the present I reckon I c'n do ye more good by keepin' in the shade.