No one could sleep at night, and even those hands who were not on guard spent much of the night checking and rechecking their ammunition. The next day Deets came back from his scout looking worried. Already the Captain was looking at him as if he expected him to rush back to the point, although the cattle were moving along fine. I'd go with you and let Jake take his chances.
Backing out of the weeds, he stepped on the pistol that had misfired, an old cap-and-ball gun. It isn't that way with animals, but it is with grasshoppers. I expect he'd have ended like Jake. I hope you can afford a stamp, the old man said.
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