human
He's a mad dog, muttered Bill, shrinking against the wall.
gpt
An' he can shoot like h--l! I reckon he's itchin' to get me on sight, _now_. Somebody look out an' see where he is. But what'n blazes is it all about, anyhow?
human
You fool! he yelled.
gpt
Why didn't you let me know what you was goin' to do? Don't you never think of nobody but yourself? That parted my hair!
human
Look out, yourself, Long, if yo're curious! But why didn't you get him? he demanded.
gpt
You was behind him!
human
I wasn't neither behind him; I was on th' side! retorted Bill.
gpt
He was watchin' me out of th' corner of his eye, like th' d--d rattler he is! I could see it plain, I tell you!
human
You can see lots of things when yo're scared stiff, can't you?
gpt
I wasn't scared, defended Bill.
human
But I wasn't takin' no chances for th' glory of it. He never done nothin' to me, an' I ain't on Kane's payroll--yet.
gpt
An' you ain't goin' to be, I reckon,
human
Ain't had a chance to get it from him yet, huh? he asked. Sneering, he gave a warning as he turned away.
gpt
An' don't you try for it, neither. If he won't come back here no more, I can get him playin' somewhere else.
human
I'm dry; bone dry, he announced.
gpt
I never was so dry before. All in favor of a drink, step up. I'm payin' for _this_ round.
human
Don't see him; but we better wait till Thorpe comes back. Great guns! Did you _see_ it!
gpt
I can see it better now than I could then, said Red, leaning against the bar.
human
Come on, boys; he's done gone. This means you, too, Long; 'though I ain't sayin' you hardly earned it. If he saw you before he backed up, I says he's got eyes in his ears. Why, cuss it, he was lookin' plumb at _me_ all th' time. You got too hefty an imagination, Long.