"However, it don't last long; it looks like both gets sorter
conscience-stricken that a-way, an' lets up. Still, while it's
short, it's long enough for Billy to get his laig ousted with one of
'Doby's bullets, an' it all lays Billy up for Doc Peets to fuss with
for over three months.
"While Billy's stretched out, an' Doe Peets is ridin' herd on his
laig, 'Doby keeps as savage as an Apache an' don't come near Billy.
The same, however, ain't full proof of coldness, neither; for
Billy's done give it out he'll down 'Doby if he pokes his head in
the door, an' arranges his guns where he can work 'em in on the
enterprise easy.
"But Willyum don't take no stand-off. The last thing Willyum's
afraid of is Billy; so he comes waltzin' over each day, clumsy as a
cub cinnamon on his short laigs, an' makes himse'f plumb abundant.
He plays with Billy, an' he sleeps with Billy, Willyum does; an' he
eats every time the nigger, who's come over from the corral to
lookout Billy's domestic game while he's down, rustles some grub.
"'Doby's disgusted with Willyum's herdin' 'round with Billy that a-
way, bein' sociable an' visitin' of him, an' he lays for Willyum an'
wallops him.
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