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"It's better to strike than to get fired. We beat 'em to it, that's all, an' we catch 'em before they're ready. Don't we know what they're doin'? They're collectin' gradin'-camp drivers an' mule-skinners all up an' down the state. They got forty of 'em, feedin' 'em in a hotel in Stockton right now, an' ready to rush 'em in on us an' hundreds more like 'em.
Sundown caught the word "cook" and turned to, face the speaker. "I was lookin' for a job, meself," he said, apologetically. "Did you know of one?" "You was!" exclaimed the cowboy. "Well, now, that's right queer. I know where a cook is needed bad. But say, can you honest-to-Gosh cook?" "I cooked in everything from a hotel to a gradin'-camp. All I want is a chanct." The cowboy shook his head.
I got me full growth," said Sundown, straightening his elongated frame, he stood six-feet-four in whatever he could get to stand in, "and I raised meself." "Good thing you stopped when you did," commented the puncher. "What's your line?" "Me line? Well, the Santa Fe, jest now. Next comes cookin'. I been cook in everything from a hotel to a gradin'-camp.
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