Slim

"He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch, capable of driving ten, sixteen, even twenty mules with a single line to the leaders. He was dcapable of killing a fly on the wheeler's butt with a bull whip without touching the mule. there was a gravity in his manner and a quiet so profound that all talk sopped when he spoke. His authority was so great that his word was taken on any subject, be it politics or love."