"It takes a good man to buck him down; He's got lots of stuff and sand too, but you bucked him."
"Yes, I did."
"We're having a little game here to pass the time—it's awful dreary these long rides. You see, we are salesmen and we've had some of these fellows out here trying to rope us in, and we are trying to learn the game."
"Don't you know the game?"
"No; do you?"
"Well, I know a little about it."
"Come along and show us what you know."
The party got together; Desmond appeared hale-fellow-well-met with the rogues, and the game was played amid a great deal of laughter, until one of the party said:
"By Jove! boys, I am on to this thing."
"You are?"