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You can have a poke, she said. I will, honey, he said, checking the loads in his rifle. What else worries you? I'm feared you'll marry that woman, she said. He and Gus rangered together.

I can't go that long. Well, if you want to go rope that bull and lead him to the barn, help yourself, Call said. Tears of relief rolled down his rough cheeks. This whiskey-hauling business has about petered out, he said one evening.