Jerry once more signalled him and drew him outside for a little private conference.

Jerry was ill at ease and inclined to be reproachful and even condemnatory.
He wanted first to know why Bud had been such a many kinds of a fool as to make that bet with Jeff Hall.

All the fellows were talking about it.
"They was asking me what kind of a horse you've got--and I wouldn't put it past Jeff and his bunch to pull some kind of a dirty trick on you," he complained.

"Bud, on the square, I like you a whole lot.

You seem kinda innocent, in some ways, and in other ways you don't.