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Ir s ' , bes best-ited best ited 3led rated ! - about l > o'lt olt ' joining 301 inc Heren Herenput He " " .a.e a.e ae slyr , . .a.ebul became bocame Morcan Moran Morgan ! : s s sworn eneMn ewelees cnc ene ewe ' tut bul put ' be . dlsco"red dlscored i nitrcd " that Catherinei Calherlneren Catherine Calherlne Mn : 10 to bl hdlsranchcdRhen ' ranch n ben be he learns learnsdeeo learnsI lees ren bss b . sent v , puly party oul out to toI deeo en Uo Uoand pereod { I : : : and Lill b m Clay st3fts Freeport Freeportgem out .dIt1 dIt1 . b rn i hrsttlie erst tirst He EOCS goes to Freeport Freeportr store slore where be he th tb nks nks.m nksi nks"n nksn . , . Case s s gem " ern arriv arrivest arrivesthere arrives . .m m r01 . end 60d lIac hacklerendeen Hack ! . / Hcrendecn lIerendecn /lerendeen lerendeen i . " tree free tor for all aU ti fi ti ht In theelld the theo t lI > there , er , ? . IS ? a * 1 > of o the lhe tiDbf flhf fi.h fih , . , ( , . Hack Hark appears ape3rs , DerJIdtD Hertea ner Der Her elld off air oir bul but bulItlore butrtlelore but'Wore butWore - eleven dr ven JIdtD men are aod and nd h h b s s tea ! ' have bave set fire to the to towntel townis town townair they tbey tel telClI1 rtlelore Itlore Hack lIark and hern .ern ern kern . , Case watcbU watcbdole watchsbole watch watcb air ClI1 gin U is case s s storepy store tncluclJn including Inc1 " 11 ! : dole sbole tolc towO town t * . 10 to llie the fround ground groundt groundsal iroaaSMt ? py . sal " " tout CODI nUO sue nu with wltb the Ibe storyt storyCHIPTER story slory storyn t CD CDPTER CHIPTER \PTER PTER \ XII YII YIIRyas t beyond ni m dn do ght when Clay Claychedbome Itl\as Itl as Ryas n \ as -chedbome chedbome - cbed shed home Hairy Jump n ghthZl'i ghty ght ghtSAB 1 . SAB re hwLmg hZl'i hZli ' JDg * "ound ound around " the 5ard lard ) ard follo\\ follo tollowedt.H tollotted folloed tollowed \ ed y ' ' watched watchedhim watchedbra watchedtun La lII1 t.H tH . into mto silo the k tchen tchcn and him bra sir Str slip p do dovn vn to the \ waist aaast \ alst and andra andn sho ved the thehtenrg thetaienrg s cheeks , f3 ra b h . h . Morgan of Hcrendeen Herendeen HerendeenS s 5 fistsMorgall fistsorgan fists fistsMorgan a htenrg lenrg Morgan Morgall organ ! went up to h s bed and andyhere andythere andky yhere ythere ! there h s bra n puls puIs ng w sv thin thm ItS ItSJku1lcap itsleap itsiScllcip Jku1lcap leap and strong pain pam travel ng ngthrOugb ngtrough ngIhroBgh thrOugb trough h hs s left al aim arm m trom from a bro brotC brokm brotai made h rememberte rememberthe remembertie remember tC km Eneer finger linger It m the tie older alder fight Both of them had hadyounger hadyounger hadten younger men soon recovering recoveringItO"l recovering1riM recoveringo"i recoveringoi ItO"l ItOl 1riM ( ; " " the tbe m sery of o ( tl tI at beat ng ngibis ngHas 1111 ibis ; one wo Id st ck I it t would be bel'ur betit betur l'ur lur tit ' cd Id ed phys cal1 call cally r in m them as long longis longu 15 u they lived bved and the sting of It at ataaild itrold \ aaild ( J1d never leave their m ndsAt ndsAt nds ndsAt At two tl\O tl O tao \ in m the morning his broken brokenbnd brokenhid brokenbad bnd hid on fire he dressed and went wenttan wentroan wentfan tan roan tairs laIrS taus he I l 1 ghted a lamp in the thek1 thelithe theh k1 lithe che chn , and shaved h mself mselt for want wantaMmem want.oinctn wantoinctn f.ometn fometn aMmem ( ( . . ng better to do-watch do watch do - watch ng ngI ngebru ngtie I ebru bru bnised sed patches patcbes on h s face slowchange slowchange slow change color He stoked up the thew theIli theto /w w Ili / e a ( and put on the coffeepot colTeepot and andtat andnl andat tat nl on all the porch in m the moon shot shotbwt shott shotkart bwt t of n II ght gbt Wind Wrnd dr tted fled fted across acrossDais acrosseats acrosstl flats Dais eats cold and sweet s\\eet s eet \ Harry HarryIliIDp Harryloop Harrytop IliIDp loop appeared from the shadowslIJg shadowsmg shadows mf lIJg mg m In h s sleepy irritable Irntable vo ce ce"i'ieU ceFell ce"Tril ceTril " "i'ieU iieU Fell " ' it If you re go n to stay up uprn upfI up'III upIII rn fI ' turn InYorgan mlrorgan in m inS S yorian Yorgan lrorgan got up from the chair unLe un unr Le ! r . to take the punishment of his hisby hisby hisld _ by s tt ng still He w \ ent m in md ini injd ( d i drank h s coffee black and hot hota.d hota4returned hotLd a.d ad . a4returned returned to the yard pacing out outugb outugh outftroilih ugb ugh the long thrown shadows of ofe ofepeplars ott ( poplars epeplars e The weathered Jumper juniper JumperpJlIs juniperks ] umperHies pJlIs ks of the corral shov showed . ed wh tely telythe telyhe telyb lit the he moonlight moonllgbt across the valley valleytt valleyit it tt itoutbne outline outbne of s lence even the mght night nighttreatures nightISMfares treatures atures at last grew st U 11 ll And so soIe sopewatched soM pewatched Ie ) ( watched this land his land slo\\ slo slow slo11 slow1)turn slowb \ | 1)turn 1turn 11 ) luni turn through the night mght from glow glowrf glowrg glowE | rf rg : ( shaptlessness shapelessness to the first hardthadoll"s hardshadows hard hardikidows ikidows thadoll"s thadolls shadows " of o ( false morning mornmg A streak'ed streaked streak ) 'ed ed ' .cd cd . ed over the eastern hills hms and theto thefar the to far ! ts IS es began ocean to st r in m the corral corralAt corralttourlie corralIHourhe ( At ttourlie four be heard the cook cross the thekltcben thekitchen thekitchen attee [ kltcben kitchen asthmat asthma t cally coughing coughmg at ate att e t , , drawn and wire nerved Morgan Morganatrbrealdast MorganUK Morganlit atrbrealdast lit breakfast with the crewHI crewRe crew crewHt Ht HI Re laid sald to Jump I 111 Ill 11 be in town townLr townt towna ; Lr * a couple hours Stick close to toI toe torlii I e house bouse unt until I get backA1terll backAfterwards back ' A1terll Alteriwds Afterwards < ards all aU h s muscles sore sorea sorehid soreial a hid trained ltrall1ed strained ( and ragged he climbedP chmbedIta climbedIta chmbed climbed stood1 " Ita ta n rs to Janet s room and stood stooda a moment by her bed She lay m an ananuled mI in1 I anuled curled bundle both hands dra\\n dra n drawn dranD drawns drawnmr \ D s softahnost ar her face Her lips hps were soft softalmost soft"most softmost ahnost almost " on the edge of a smile as asough assigh asHeiita ough sigh her dreams were pleasant pleasant"d pleasantd pleasantI1d pleasantsod I1d sod ! " the th s ! way unconscious of hime him " e ( thowed .howed howed showed . Morgan a ch Idlsh idish IWletness 'etetness etetness ' Idish"winess Idishwiness IdlshIWletness idish'etetness " that h-ld h ld hpld hold - him there longer longerng long IdlshI I Itran * Mern erng er ng ( and strongly mo\ mo moved moed \ ed It Itu 1.5 15 ran * . u ! that bat 1 1 tile ttle g rl look full of fa th r . 1J:1\ 1J:1 1J1 and 1J:1bel : \ bel beletwh belef belet thbelef thand ef efv.h v.h vh wh . when ch struck h m so so"i soi rhard hard sohard " ItQuid It Quidnot wouldnot \ would \\Quid Quid not he realized reahzed be bellli beYd Yd * llli th her ber much thewn thehim longer He left the :111 111 him : and"Wi andWi andbled wn reluctantly got his lus-horse lus horse hls"horse hlshorse ' " - horse and anded bled " ed out oat tor for War Pass reach ng rig ngws rigittb ittb 'D D ' beyond sunup and go ng dIrect directW dIrectto directf ] f to Charley Cliarley Padden a shouse s house house"iltley shouseCharley houseCharley Charley "iltley iltley " was the only doctor 10ldun in 10 ldunCOtuttry " incwrttry romitry COtuttry cwrttry a man turned rough and andh andt ldun hint andj t ' by the kind kmd ot of pract ce cc he h had ad head , , IOmewbat somewhat profane and tJU appartJU apparar8y ar8y : appar , ' "Housed Housed caUoused calloused " to motherso otherso pain pam mothers in others o andbruises he he saw aw the broken finger and andutvws bruises on Morgans Morgan s face he he.The he'The 'The The ' ' .The The . other customer came m in1 hb mhb hbdayl tchesalp e ' me dayl ayl ght . i took four st tches 1 alp p This makerquum is gomg going to make makei . Wttin rquum trm Clay Want a drink drmk of i - ofV ofsty sty , first first7 ' 'No No Zio ' said " 'd d ' Clay go ahead and andm "milt milt IIIttalk IIIttalkso m < " t ta0c 10 so damned much ouJdmg Rounthng muchouJdmg muchRounthng ! , Hmg tht the bend ot of the tra trail a ? 1Inunutes Tmlrautes a1Inunutes aTmlrautes CathermeIII Catherinelit , later ret he nc saw saw Catherme Catherine uamenne ? III lit 1 " dismounted dtsmounted in the tra trail waitPrhen . wait .alt alt . . 'libell libell Prhen ' " a Morgan dismounted dJsmounted before r . her " " eyes showed him hlffi hum something somethmg somethingtDUEh somethingwarmed 'armed armed warmed " ' b h hm m through " " " "eh eh " and and"Sa andSa tDUEh ough sigh andough andsigh " " it . , . , was was a a sWJ1t swift sur personal o .i i m in - reS rut ! , , a httle little whatlaw whatsaw saddened by what law saw hurtheart as though his has inJurIes hurt hurtC C heart Bones McGeen came by I C tatranch ranch la late Ie last mght night and told 1 1C 1tat bat tat ltappened happened ushappened us IIlte IIlteclosely to i She watched him ham himone closely ofrry one strong I 1 1 ne of ofrp 01 01its rp rry rryacross across her a d forehead I was . as 6 6d OU hopePaid you werc were badly burt hurt I 1 hope Paid hint him ba back ck I hope you I 4C 4Cshed alhed shed the I lie Re ghts gluts its out of h m mi managed a grin He Hell U ll take beauty 6 They prIZes for a spelL spe1L 111 pleasedeach had th ths s PO\ler PO ler power \ to be pleased 111each each eachother other to cover serIOUs seriousoc tss or oc ockith 'Nttl Nttl kith 'Nttla kitha ' ! a light ght touch up and go hu _ _ _ -0 0 - _ In InI Inri I II , ( L . 1 1L 1Oa ri Oa . t III / 1 el / I Iel 4 4r 4 r . , : : , . - \ ' I Itl Itl12 ( -12- 12 - 12Herendeen - Herendeen has sent over the mountain for the Elder boys He said I m glad I crossed lour lourtrail } ) our ourtrail ourtrail trail What are you do nO ng rig " ' ' ? I ' " was as corn com ng rig your wa way ; I v . want wanted wanted ant I ed to see ho v you wereD \ were wereD ere ' D d you } ) ou tell Gurd ) iou Lou ou were com corn commg cornmg corning7NoWhat mg ' No NoWhat What s 5 the matter with him ? ' She 10\\ 10 lowered 10ered \ ered her head and drew drewpatterns drewpatterns drewpatterns patterns on the soft forest so 1 I With WithI Withher withher withher I her finger po nt nt . . Her ha r glo ved veddarlly veddart veddarl darlly dart ly in the morn ng s light hght vedI It Itdeepened itdeepened itdeepened I I ItI deepened the color ot of her cheeks cheeksI I don t kno v she sa d marc marcserved in m a re reserved reserved served vo ce She wouldn svouldn t look at athim athim , , hlffi him during durmg these moments It IS as asHerendeen isHerendeen Herendeen s influence I supposeShe supposeShe suppose supposeShe She 1 fted the soft earth in her herhand herhand herhand hand and let it sl 51 side de bet between seen \ een her herfingers herfingers herfingers fingers Her face was s vcetly veetly so sober sober sober ber Her long and fresh colored I 1 1 ps pse psexpressively psexpressively e presslvely expressively changed shape when whenshe whenshe whenshe she looked at him No explana explanatons explanat tons t ons no apolog es That is the way wayyou wayiou you ) ou ve al\\ al always alays \ ays been11hat been beenWhat \ What 11hat , hat el else e can anybody do do9Nothing ' Nothmg Nothing I I guess Only it makesit mahesIt mahes makes It hard for people to understand you yousomet yousomet yousomet somet mes To kno v what is In m Inyour myour inyour your headYou head bead headYou You never had any trouble figur figuring figurhug figuring ing hug me out he reflected reilected reflectedAn reflectedAh Ah An but I have a special g ft that thatnay thatw nay \ ay I kno v you through and andthrough andthrough andthrough through Theyere They \ were \\ere ere silently laugh laughmg laughing laughing mg ing at each other nfluenced by an anundercurrent anundercurrent anundercurrent undercurrent wh ch al alvas va vays ; ) s buoyed buoyedthem buoyedthem buoyedthem them up when together She Sbe turned turnedIymg turnedlying turnedlyuig Iymg lying back en .on on nn . the ground her body bodyfull bodyfull bodyfull full shaped aga n t the olds folds ( ot of her herrId herrid hernd rId ng hab tShe tShe t tShe She pillowed her bead head with her herhands herhands herhands hands and watched the bright bnght blue bluepatch bluepatch bluepatch patch of sky showing showmg through the thep thep thep p ne tops speaking speakmg m mad a d stant slantdreaming , . , dreammg dreaming voice Nothing Nothmg ever everchanges everchanges everchanges I changes Clay The earth the wind windor windor windor or the sun Or the th ngs I want wantor . , or you wantHe wantHe want wantHe He rememberedhat remembered \ what \\hat hat Ann Mc McGarrah McGarrah MeGarrah Garrah had so swiftly asked him himWhat himWhat himWhat What had he wanted7 wanted ' Now not notknowing notknowing notknowing knowing what it was he asked Cath Catherme Catherme Camerine erme What do I want7 want want7She ' She said in m a fara\\ fara faraway faraay \ ay tone I 1 IWJsh 1wish Iwish I WJsh wish I knewWhat knewWhat knew knewWhat What do you want want9 want9She ? ' She turned her head so close to tohim toham tohim him ham now that he saw the gray flakes flakesI flakesI flakesof flakesof flakesof I of color m in her eyes The dance of oflaughter oflaughter oflaughter I laughter \ was as m them and an m mexpress mexpress mexpress express ble gravity was in them themboth themboth themboth both humors blended It was the theway theway theway way she hid herself from him when whenshe whenshe whenshe she chose Never ask a woman s sage sage sage age never |