When the townspeople soon realize that he""s a "ni-," they hreaten to shoot him.To divert the mob, hold them at bay and escape, Bart holds a gun to hisownneck, shouting:Hold it.The next man makes a move, the nigger gets it...Drop it! For I swear, I""ll blow this nigger""s head all over this town.Oh Lordy-lord, he""s desperate.Do what he say.Do what he say.When he successfully holds the lynch mob at bay and is allowed safe passage out of harm""s way, he marvels at his accomplishment and congratulates himself for bluffing them: "Oh baby, you are so talented, and they are so dumb.Provoking a range war, they trample over Joe""s garden during their approach, mockingly laugh at him for holding a rifle [his son""s unloaded shotgun], and immediately threaten and intimidate the homesteader.She had been invited to relocate and live with her male cousin Beverly or "Bev" (Edward Earle) in a dust-bowl town at his Sweet Water ranch.However, with imaginative bravado in a fantasy scene, he tells his wife that he has aroused attractive women and brags:Seven years we""ve been married and not once have I done anything like that.