Call was worried for a few weeks about being short-handed, but then three young men he had seen at the fort decided to quit soldiering and try their hand at ranching. Finally all six dismounted--the man was so heavy it took all of them to get him up and draped over his horse. Nigger boy, don't you get near me, he said. He looked at Lorie for a minute, thinking that perhaps if he scared her with Indian stories she would change her mind.
People do odd things, all except you. She was more afraid of Luke, who had mean eyes--there was something crazy in his looks. Maybe she had come in to mail a letter at some point. There were plenty along the canyon, though some had to be pried out of the dirt.
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