A man who wouldn't cheat for a poke don't want one bad enough, he said as he took his hat. You'll probably have to trot back and bring some of the boys, or maybe the wagon. The vast plain was beautiful, but it had reduced Pea Eye to a scarred wreck. Lorena had come to like the space--it was a relief after her years of being crowded in a little saloon.
At that point the late shift came riding in--Newt, Pea, Dish Boggett and Jasper Fant, plus a fifth man, who hadn't been part of the shift. Why, we'll be back, July said. Times do change. Some day she would have Zwey shoot her and she wouldn't have to think about things anymore.
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