"Chances are," Jimmy continued, in his reflective way, "that when this bad man of a Hy Adams, the worst case along the whole border, they say, gets on one of his tearin' fits, he just makes Rome howl. And say, I can just see that poor timid little thing cowering down like a scared puppy when it hears its master raging. But, then, mebbe Amos he hangs around to sort of protect his maw; though it don't seem as if a small chap like him could do much along that line."