" Black" Burton, a man evil-tempered and malicious, had been picking a quarrel with a tenderfoot at the bar, when Thornton stepped good-naturedly between.

时，桑顿在酒吧间出面好言相劝“黑”伯顿，——个脾气暴躁、心狠手的家伙，——不要老是欺负个新来的人。

No wonder he's like a boot, hard on the outside, giving shape to a pulp of tenderfoot.

难怪他就像子，外表坚硬，形成团嫩脚。