Of course it would have been convenient if Roscoe had promptly arrested the man, but Roscoe never arrested anybody except old man Darton, the one drunk in the county Roscoe felt he could handle. It had been a year and he felt he owed Wilbarger that consideration, though he soon regretted coming into the town, a noisy place filled with miners and cattlemen. It'll take a barrel or two. Call had debated giving him the letters Gus had written to the women, but thought better of it.
You shut up, or I'll kill you like I killed that chigger, Blue Duck said. We're about to eat, he said. More work for the gravediggers, Augustus said, checking his rifle. Pa said he'd shoot me if I didn't help, the boy said.
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