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I was telling him last night he must be very kind to his poor new body, for it must be a little shy of him at first. 'Oh, you mustn't talk of fighting; it's only wicked boys who do that. The Bible says, "Forgive your enemies." Bobby looked thoughtful. 'Shall I get my white robe dirty if I fight? My friend who read the tex' to me said wicked things made white dresses dirty. 'Of course they do.
If it didn't work, Johnny would not be on the Rolling R pay roll any longer, but Tex would not have lost anything. It would be convenient to have Johnny down at Sinkhole Camp, shirking his job while he fiddled around with his flying bug. Tex believed he knew how he could keep the bug very active, and Johnny very much engrossed with it down at Sinkhole Camp.
Mary V and Bill had just joined the group, and Sudden gave a snort when he saw Mary V maneuver Jake so that he sidled in alongside Tex, who rode a little apart with his hat pulled over his eyes, evidently in deep thought. Sudden had all the arrogance of a strong man who has managed his life and his business successfully. He wanted to attend to Tex himself, without any meddling from Mary V.
That day the man who had so obligingly answered the telephone for Johnny busied himself with various plans and preparations for the night, and retraced the trail down the rocky draws to the fence where horses and riders had crossed, to make sure, by daylight, that no trace had been left of their passing, and met Tex over by Snake Ridge for a brief and very satisfactory conference.
He had purchased an expensive cook book, but as his larder seldom contained any of the ingredients it called for, he considered the price of it wasted. He had found that the recipes imparted by Tex McGonnigle, who had built his ten-by-twelve log cabin for him, were far more practical.
Only no one ever made him show it before." "How far did we miss the water-hole last night?" asked Endicott, as he and Tex sat talking after the others had sought their blankets. "About two miles. The wind drifted us to the east. Bat didn't get far 'til his horse went down, so he bled him like we did, and holed up 'til the storm quit. Then, after things cleared up, we got here about the same time.
The quicker the courts "get action" on an offender the more terror they inspire in the criminal classes and the better they please the people. If a murderer or rape-fiend captured at daylight could be fairly tried and executed by sundown Judge Lynch would speedily find himself without an occupation. Galveston, Tex., August 12, 1897.
Tex shrugged: "You'll only waste a half a day ridin' down to see for yourself," he replied indifferently. Johnson appeared to consider, then stepped close to the Texan's side: "They say one good turn deserves another. Meanin' that you shet up about them cattle an' I'll shet up about seein' you." "That way, it wouldn't cost you nothin' would it, Johnson?
The name, like a blow in the face, straightened old Daniels and left him white and blinking. Whistling Dan turned his back on the father and deftly bound up the lacerated arm of Buck. "In the name o' God, Buck," moaned Sam, "what you been tryin' to do in here?" "What you'd do if you had the guts for it. That's Tex Calder an' this is Dan Barry. They're on the trail of big Jim.
They've kept Bud away, and Miss Mary Well, she's all right, uh course, but Tex has got her buffaloed. She won't believe nothin' ag'in him. I told Bud I'd stay as long as he did, but A man's got to look after himself some. They ain't likely to miss twice runnin'." "You mean to say " Bemis stopped him with a cautious gesture.
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