Sometimes Gus would come over and ride with him for a few miles, but they didn't discuss Jake Spoon. Augustus laughed again. For thirty years the Captain had been there to give orders, and frequently the orders had kept them alive. Many were unable to give directions to the next settlement, much less to a place as remote as Texas.
I'd like to know who they were shooting at when we rode up, the other man said. Peach wrote and told me you was on the way, July said. I brought pen and ink, the doctor said. When Deets came over with some rawhide strings he snarled at him, baring his teeth.
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