10/02/2026 01:43

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Back at the camp, Augustus rested in the shade of the little bluff. They had a great stroke of luck and caught them in a box canyon only fifteen miles from the headquarters. That'll teach you to sass me, cowboy, he said. Once you make it down below the Red River you'll probably be all right.

Of course, Gus might have shot him, but he felt he should have taken the risk. THEY RESTED ON the Salt for two days, giving the animals and men plenty of time to recover. So when Luke snuck back and climbed onto the wagon seat, Elmira possumed. Gus, who could talk a passel about the motions of nature or anything else you wanted to hear talked about.