But they might have left something here thatthey
wanted to destroy quickly. She began to twist her hands in her white gown. Wal, I
didnt expect you to take it that way, but since you do well letit go at
that.
Ash said eighty thousand haid all told in the
Foothills.
And at that instant heavyboots crunched the
gravel.
Its nothin to be hurt about, added Preston. Rock
searched the cabins, sheds, bins without finding any more.
Pa has a way of slippin up on us, an itd sure never
do to be ketchedloafin. An you clean knocked the pins fromunder him. The other day
he was a drunken, vulgar lout.
And at that instant heavyboots crunched the gravel.
He wouldnt sell, an he swore this divide was on hisland.
An far asthe ranch hyar is concerned he does
prevent.
The tension relaxed, the charged atmosphere lost
its fullness andsuspense.
Ill say Lookhere, cowboy, if you want to borrow my
horse, ask me for him. Never heerd a word thet Id hold against you.
They sidled over to him and began to ply him
withquestions about the white horse. Reckon, on second thought, I will go, he said
to Al. Wal, we throwed up a big cabin, anwe all lived in it for a
while.
Cowboy, you dont know women, said
Preston.
He could not get right to the brink at this
point.
Hed concoct devilish schemesto make a cowboy seem
negligent or crooked. I was far from being offended that day in the store and at the
corral. Suppose I get it into my mind that by stayin Ican save you more misery?