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Otherwise you'll be up against a gang. It was true. I could never count on you to do what you're told. The street itself seemed lively enough--there were plenty of soldiers in sight, and men driving wagons, and even a few Indians.

Good lord, he said. He was slowed to the pace of Call's cow herd and tied to a woman who attracted every man she saw. Why won't she come? I don't know, Roscoe said. Then he and the girl divided the rabbit and ate it to the last bite, throwing the bones into the creek.