In the distance the night guard was just going out to the herd. They ain't old cowboys, Ned said. The old lance just looked silly. He didn't want to get angry at Jake in front of all the hands, and all but Dish and the two Rainey boys were lounging around eating their evening meal.
There was no avoiding the brush entirely, but Deets had found a route that took them slightly downriver, around the worst of the thickets. Po Campo had wandered off looking for roots. Put up your horses then, Blue Duck said. It wasn't a bullet, he concluded.
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