Oy.
Here's a realistic reason:

"Hey Earl, s'zat the pigsblood?"
"yessir Frank..heheh"
"C'mere, Jack...Earl, smear some o' that stuff on em."
"K'ay Jackie-Boy...now take this here rifle and run on over inta tha' saloon. You wanna join our gang, dontcha? Well this here, is your ticket in. Wave the gun in the air, and yell something, anything. Startle dem' boys. Heheh...Ya come outta there alive, your a Blacksash. Now git!"
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"Lookee that boy go, Earl! heheh"
"Think he'll make it out alive, Frank
"Nah...I seen me some rough and tumble fellas go in da' Hot-As-Hell. All carrying. He's a dead kid. Heheh"
"Heheh, your an evil bastard Frank."
