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Finally he just scratched A. It wouldn't hurt us to stop for a week, while the boys get the herd started good. They can kill their horses getting to it--they got more horses. You don't look strong enough to trouble nobody around here, she said.

This is a chancy life. Indians kept the trade going. You ain't half as mean as they are, he said. If he rode across the river with a hard bunch like the Suggses he would be an outlaw, whereas if he stayed, the nesters might try to hang him or at least try to jail him in Fort Worth or Dallas.