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Steve took her ber arm and ipoka Ipoke spoke to toher toher taher her She nodded They TheT tored tossed their theiremp theirempty theirempty emp empty " plates platel at tha the wrack wrede wreck pan and andcame andcame fendcam came * on toward tba the flra Ire fire ' . WeU Well . . , . Lew I.ew Iew , , " day Clay saidHe aaid said aaidHa Ha He brauffht brought bro ht bis bLt his eyes eye around . . . ' . School's Schools School School'a Schoola " ' . out out , , . Clay Claaa Class Clas . I < dis- dis dismissed ' " 1s-missed 1s missed - missed . . Sit down . . " He : erinned lriDDed grinned at atJoy atJoy atJoy Joy Joy'We've Wa'va Wava 'We've Weve We've ' ' ' ot to know knQw " " , got your Tour plan . , ahe she he aaid said . . All AU right . . We're Were ' ' tufDIn turning , wait west at atda atdawn atdawn da dawn wn " Ha He held aut out ana eme one hand band hand , , lIa1m palm lIa1mup palmup palmup up "Here Here "Here's Heres 'here's " ' ' . rain comln earning coming , indians Indiana indianswon't Indianawon't Indianawon't Indianawont won't wont ' travel In tha the wet wet , . , . aa .0 0 so wa'ra wara we're were we'resate we'resafe ' sate safe afe enough enoucb tonight tompt . . Icn't Icnt Im't Imt Isn't Isnt ' ' that about aboutIt aboutt aboutit It ( t ? ? ? ' Ha He glanced clanced at tha th6 the half halt rln ring < of ofmen ofmen ofmen men to aee see what bacldn backing , ha he wCluid would wCluidget wouldget waulaget get Soma Some of them naaaed noc1ded nodded . . 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" 'There There ' There'a Therea There's Theres ' . a troop , " ba be he aaid laId said , "at at "atDoan "atDoan "atDoan atDoan " Doan a s Crossing ' I'm Im ' sendln lending sending , a man manback manback manback back tonight tonigbt . . . " ' "That That 'That " ' all you got gotT ? " Clay asked . . ' "That'a Thata 'That's Thats " 'That That ' ' ' . all Keep moving movinl Ex- Ex Except Except Ex Except - - cept we can make a fight tight of it it If we webave wehave wahave bave have to " Sure Against six Ix hundred bundred Indians In- In Indiansl In-diansi In diansi - diansl dians ! " Eleven men , " he be pointed out out out"held outheld , , 'held held ' " ' off o1f more th than n that . at .t t Adobe AdobeWalls AdobeWalls AdobaWall Walls * But there won't wont ' be six bund bun- bun bundred bundr * - dred d bucks Half of any tribe tdbe are aresquaw aresquaws araiquawa squaw squaws . . " . Ha He Be leaned back on his hiselbow hiselbows hiaelbow elbow elbows * . He lie needn t go co on with an anargument anargument anargument argument . , and yet he be wanted ClaT Clay ClaTto Clayto Clayto to show hia his hand . . . It came forced out with heat heat.where heatwhere , . where none wax was called tor for . , aa as If IfClay IfClay ifClay Clay needed that flra fire of temper to tobolster tobolster tobolster bolster him up 'You'ra Youra 'You're Youre ' ' right about aboutturning aboutturning aboutturnine turning west But the herd berd travel travels travelstoo travelstoo . too clow Blow slow We 11 U cend send tha the wagons wagonson wagonon * on ahead . . " What about plitting spllttlnK splitting tha the men men"he menhe ? " he asked " "You You "Vou Vou " can't cant ' divide this thisoutfit thisoutfit thisoutfit outfit now You d have bave no n * protec protection proteclion protection tion lion anywhere"Then anywhere anywhere"Then ' "Then Then 'Then " ' send plenty with the wag wagons wagons wagons ons Make sure of ot that . . It a Joy JoyI I m thinking about ! ! ! ' ' Maybe Yet Clay Clay's Clays ' . plan boiled boileddown boileddown balleddown down simply to abandoning t . tide tideherd theherd e eherd herd Ha He grinned dryly ' . Why not notall notall notall all ' go 0 with the wagonsT wagons ? Let the theCheyennes theCheyennes theCheyennea Cheyennes take the cows " . Lew , " Steve put in 'Clay'l Clayl "Clay's Clays "Clay'sright ' "Clay'arightl Clayarightl "Clay'arightlLew " 'Clay'lright ' ' right ! ! Lew gava gave the boy a long strallht straight strallhtlook straightlook straightlook look . . . ' 'Steve Steve ' . , " he said gently atently , 'you you "you "youknow ' "youknow youknow " 'youknow ' know better than that . . Yau You atand stand atandthere standthere standthere there in ID your dad a . boots boota and tell tellme tellme tellme me to desert four thousand lone long long'homs longhoms ' . horns at tha the first prat Ie scare scan are of at Inc1lan Indiana IndianaYou IndiansYou . You ve ye got mora more reasonban reason \ than \ban ban Tou're Toure you're youre Tou'retelling you'retelling you'ratelling youratelling ' telling That s plain enough No Noman Noman Noman man with any honest bonest sense wouldspUt wouldsplit would spUt split pUt his hi * . crew here hert berg ! or run aireither off air either eitherI I won too too'Then I t . " ' ' Then 'Then I guess , * ' Steve said aald ftat flat flatly ftatIy flatly Iy ly a showdown a . come Hate to todo todo todo do it It , , , Lew Clay s taking charge chargeLew chargeLew chargeLew Lew rtood stood up "By By " owner's owners ' vote ? ' ' That 'That s . It It . . ' You agree JOfT Joy ? be he b askedLew askedLew asked askedLew Lew 1- 1 I- I 1she Ishe I - she began and tal fal taltered faltered faltered falteredAll tered teredAll All right ' he said ' ' That 'That s a .1U 1U all .1UI allI . allI I wanted to know He paced to- to - toward toward to toward - ward the three of ot them slowly I I"anted Iwanted Iwanted "anted anted wanted " to be sure you understood understoodthe understoodthe understoodthe the owner had full power He pulled pulleda a folded toldI'd toldId ' sheet of ot paper from trom inside insidehIs insidehis Insidehi hIs * buckskin jacket I 1 hadn t in intended intended intended tended to show this or use It Joy- Joy JoyKet.pmg JoyKecpmg Joy - 'Kctpini Kctpini ' Ket.pmg Ketpmg Kecpmg . the paper in his hi * own bands hands bandshe handshe bandshe he opened it and held It to the are arelight . orelight e elIght lIght for tor her to readThe readThe read readThe The two blond heads beads bent in close closeto closeto closeto to hers and be he followed the lines linestheir linestheir linestheir their eyes eyCs ! were following written wrlften in inTom inTom inTorn Tom Arnold s oddly small Imall email rounded roundedICI"Ipt roundedscript roundedscript ICI"Ipt ICIIpt script " He passed over the first firstlegal firstlegal flritlesal legal preamble to the meat meal of what whatIt whatit whatit It said 'To To * ' To Law Lew Burnet BtU'net BtUnet ' . , Jn In theevent the theevent tbaevent event this tI1Js will wID is la t'e te ' read 4 . .while while lrbfe flh9.e flh9e . , . th4 that th4Cross thatCross thCross * Cross T h herd hrd rd is It f3 sUP ( tip .on on . onQth wf Qth , tit ( " pa pafull trail maU ; full ownership That ownership ownershlp O\\'D O 'D D \ ' rsblp to tobold tohold tohold bold hold until lUlU unUi ) Ogallala O&alla1a Oalla1a & 4 . 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Thera There wax was no loophola loophole Its 1\1 1 \ legal IeaI- IeaI legal- IeaI0 legality legality _ - ' ity 0 ' WI wax was . bayond b.ond bond beyond , , . queaUoD question , cuestlon . , and he hecouJcn't hecouldn't h hcouldn't couldn't couldnt couJcn't couJcnt ! ' help belp but fe feel I tba the compli COD1PU- COD1PU comPIt COD1PUm compliment - ' ment mint m nt of or tha the old man'a mana man's mans man ' , trust ! in n him bUn . . . Joy 107 was waa tha the first ftrat brat to look up . . . An7 Any An7sudden Anysudden Anysudden sudden surprise la II is hard bard to taka tako take tor for tormost formost toxmost most people . You come cam * up behind a aman aman aman man and only GDb ' , . yell .ell ell hi bla his . nama pame name and andmOlt andmost andmost mOlt most Ukaly Ukeb likely ' ba he be . : gets eta mad Ha He lie thoucht thought thouchtIt thoughtit thoughtIt It was wax w . tha that way with tba the girl pI now new nowShe newShe o wShe stared atared Quick be- be - bewl1d bewildered aa-wlldered aa wlldered - - She at t him blm with a . , wl1d wildered ted * anger oer , . , Ha He lie saw Steve Steve's Steves ' , oye eyes eyeslift eyeilift . 11ft lift from tha the paper and . strike .trlke trlke at atClay atQay atClay Clay Qay , questioning queltlonln , him b1m . . , all of their theirold theirold thairaid old bounded hounded fear tear suddenly auddenb ' in them themalaln themagain themagain alaln again . . Of tha the three this turn seemed seemedto seemedto to bit Stava Steve tba the warst worst . . 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