"Applegate's pretty bad hurt."
"——in a gopher hole and near broke my fool neck."
"Where'd this old geezer come from, anyway? Never heard of him before!"
"'Tain't fair, just when we was all crowdin' up for supper! He might have waited."
"This will be merry hell and repeat if he hooks up with Foy," said
Creagan's voice, adding a vivid description of Pringle.
Old Nueces answered, raising his voice:
"He's afoot. We got to beat him to it. Let's ride!"
"That's right," said the sheriff. "But we'll grab something to eat first. Saddle up, Hargis, and lead us to your little old cave. Robbins, while we snatch a bite you bunch what canteens we've got and fill 'em up. Then you watch the old man and that girl, and let Breslin come with us. You can eat after we've gone."
"Don't let the girl heave a pillow at you, Robbins!" warned a voice.
"Better not stop to eat," urged Nueces.