Hellsome

At last he said, " As I'm the darned idiot that's going to sottle on these two hellsome ranches to please you, and as you're the gaudy spark wot's clarin' west to hide your sorrer in the busy hants of men, I guess the actual cause of your pal's death ain't no funeral o' mine.

Ab'nisha, the leader of the hellsome pack, knew this bindi.

Like an awful alligator / Breathing fire and screeching hell-some, / With a pack of hounds.