"Entrance fee one dollar."
"Here you are." Mose tossed a dollar.
"Then 'roping and holding contest.'"
"Now you're talking my business," exclaimed Dan.
"There are others," said Mose.
Dan turned a contemptuous look on the speaker—but changed his expression as he met Mose's eyes.
"Howdy, Mose?"
"So's to sit a horse," Mose replied in a tone which cut. He was not used to being patronized by men of Dan's set.
The crowd perceived the growing rivalry between the two men and winked joyously at each other.