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A Vaquero of the Brush Country 185: Over in England [...] Tom would retire to his dressing room after the performance was over, take off his cowboy clothes, emerge in attire of the latest fashion, including a beegum hat, and then mingle with admiring nobility. Vaquero of the Brush Country 95: Some lad would take the fiddle out to the herd with him and ‘agitate the catgut’ to the tune of ‘Billy in the Low Ground’. (con. 1875) Vaquero of the Brush Country 70: His idea of inspiring respect for law was to ‘’dobe-wall’ the lawless — stand them up against an adobe wall and shoot them. A Vaquero of the Brush Country 292: He ran the risk of being ‘pecosed’ either for his integrity or lack of it. A Vaquero of the Brush Country 173: His ‘right bower,’ Charlie Bawdre, dying from a bullet wound, staggered into the hut. A Vaquero of the Brush Country 99: Somebody was almost sure to get ‘shorted’ on the guess as to the time. Frequently it was the last guard that stood the longest watch. A Vaquero of the Brush Country 81: The code of these ranchers [...] forbade stealing from a neighbor, but it generally permitted trading in ‘wet’ horses – horses stolen in Mexico and smuggled across the Rio Grande.