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Updated: June 4, 2025
Like to tickle him up with a shot. We don't git much action outta this." "I'd say we're plannin' to go in now." A squad of Buford's advance filtered up through the trees, and an officer, his insignia of rank two-inch strips of yellowish ribbon sewed to the collar of a mud-brown coat, was conferring with Wilkins. Then the clear notes of the bugle charge rang out.
He had come back to them from the pain and labor of his imprisonment confident of what he should find; and it was as if a home had become hostile and unwelcoming. "Guess I'll have to be movin' outta this town," he told himself. "Seems as if I'd stopped here long enough!" He had time to confirm this judgment in the days that followed.
They sure was good folks; patched me up an’ saw me through like I was their close kin. Hid me out by sayin’ as how I had th’ cholera. "An’ most of th’ time I didn’t know a rope from a saddle—outta my head complete. First there was that shoulder hole; then I got me a good case of lung fever. It was two months ’fore I could crawl round better’n a sick calf what lost its ma too early.
Git some of the dust outta our throats and have a chance to say Howdy to some friendly folks " "You'd be more likely sayin' Howdy to a Yankee prison guard if you did that," Drew replied. "Let's find this inn and the garrison commander." "That's the proper way of layin' it out the inn an' then business. Yankees an' whiskey go together; that's what she said, ain't it?
"Listen, you!" growled Winters, taking a threatening step toward Roger. "I don't have to take that from you. One word outta me, and Vidac'll bury you in the brig." Tom quickly stepped between Roger and the angry civilian spaceman to prevent the impending fight. He stared at Winters and smiled. "What's the matter, Winters? Need Vidac's help in everything you do?"
Next time I was able to take a real interest I was lyin’ on a bed with about a mountain of quilts on top me, weaker’n a yearlin’ what’s jus’ been dragged outta a bog hole. Seems like them Yankees gathered me up with th’ rest of them bushwacker scrubs, but when they got me a mile or so down th’ road they decided as how I’d had it good an’ there was no use wastin’ wagon room on me.
Yeah, he’s got jus’ ’bout all he needs to make one big war smoke for you." "And I can’t prove he has them," Drew said bleakly. "Jus’ by makin’ him one little private fire," Anse went on, "he could about put you outta business, compadre. There’s only one thing to do." "Such as?" "Johnny Shannon has got to do some talkin’ his ownself.
That’s how we took you so easy back to th’ water hole. I jus’ rode up to José—got that there Pima listenin’ to me till Lutterfield sneaked up an’ put him outta business. Lutterfield, he don’t look much, but he was runnin’ in this country with th’ Injuns thirty years ago. He’s got th’ Apaches lissenin’ to him good. An’ I can talk us through th’ posses—maybe even into th’ Stronghold later."
Nobody's goin' to do me dirty like that! Somebody's been doing us dirty, you and me, and it's good and right we beat 'em to it." "Yes, but how ya goin' to do it?" "I ain't sure yet, but I'm goin' to do it. The first thing, Shorty, is fer us to get outta here mighty good an' quick. Ef anybody's watchin' round, we better not be here. We'll fade away. See?"
And even with our ten per. off, it's forty per. profit for him. When you think there's two thousand folks forced to buy on the premises, you savvy what he squeezes outta us! If we do pick up a bargain, it's a rare chance. I wonder you don't hustle more'n you do and make enough com to buy yourself sumpin' nice.
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