"'What are yo' going to do?'

"'Going to work.'

"'Wat at?'

"'Anything I can get to do.'

"'Will yo' work for me?'

"'Yes.'

"'Know anything about herding and driving cattle?'

"'No, but I can learn it.'

"'All right, what about wages?'

"'Anything you like.'

"'All right,' said Jordan, 'I will have the boys fix yo' up a gentle
mustang and give yo' a show.'

"I had overheard the cowboys the previous evening telling about a 'gentle
broncho' that they had given a 'tenderfoot,' and how the tenderfoot was
'jolted.' I reflected that I was in Texas and might just as well
establish myself at once. When a boy, I could ride anything on the farm
or in the township. So I said:

"'Mr. Jordan, let me try the buckskin.'