The Lusty Men Page #2

Won $40 last year.

$40? Must be a big show.

40 or 100, I don't

like to see him rodeo.

You know, the year I was champ,

I won over $25,000.

Easy come, easy go.

I'll take Jeff over to see rig.

You think

you can roust up another lamb chop?

I think so.

We usually eat early on Sunday,

but can you hold out

until 5:
00, 5:30?

For lamb chops?

Sure, I can.

We'll have a lab report

in the morning, rig.

In the meantime,

keep the calf in quarantine

until we find out about this.

Put him in that

middle stall, boys.

Picked this fella up

at Jeremiah's place.

He's hunting for a job.

Name's Jeff McCloud.

What outfit did you

work for last,

and why'd you quit?

I been rodeoing

the last few years.

Had a brahma bull set on me.

Sorry.

I can't use you.

Look, if you're thinking

I'm a rodeo tramp, you got me wrong.

I've hired rodeo cowboys before.

They're always practicing their tricks

and roughing up the stock.

When you need them most, they're taking

off for Fort Worth or Cheyenne somewhere.

If you want some recommendations,

I can get them for you.

What ranches you work for?

I worked the lazy w

and vern Jackson's place

up in the panhandle.

Managers of both places

will vouch for me.

How are you with horses?

Can you break colts

without making broncs out of them?

I got a special calling

for horses,

like some get the call

to be a preacher.

I can make them

do anything but talk Mexican.

One of my best cowboys

is sick with arthritis.

What'll you work for?

Oh, 140.

120's the best I can do.

You got yourself a hand.

I might as well tell you

we got

some strict rules on this place.

We don't run our cattle

'cause it takes the fat off.

We don't rope them

unless we have to.

We got good blooded stuff here.

We can't sell them with broken legs.

I'll show you the bunkhouse.

I'll meet you at the corral

and help you

pick out a string of ponies.

Hey, Jeff, you've

been around a lot.

You figure your old place

is worth $5,000?

I'm a bad one to ask

about money matters.

The only way I could tell

how much a thing was worth

was by how bad I wanted it.

This is a nice little layout.

What did you have to do

to get it?

Get married.

Louise and me waited six months

until a married cowboy quit.

We got $1,100 saved up.

We're going to buy

Jeremiah's place and stock it.

Call it the w-l,

right?

That's the general idea.

As soon as we get the money.

$1,100 is pretty good

for 2 years of marriage.

Yeah. Who

does the saving?

Oh, she's the banker.

I just hand her my pay.

Ain't it surprising

how romantic women

can get about money?

Wes tells me

you once made $3,000

in one day rodeoing.

And threw it all away.

I didn't throw it away.

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