whiskey-courageous

Updated: May 21, 2025

"I think you smoke too much," said Bolles, whom three days had made familiar and friendly. "Yep. Have to just now. That's what! as Uncle Pasco would say. They are a half-breed lot, though," the boy continued, returning to the buccaroos and their recent visit. "Weaken in the face of a straight bluff, you see, unless they get whiskey-courageous. And I've called 'em down on that."

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