if he would get back in time to enjoy the sultry days of July and August, when it was so hot even the river hardly seemed to move. I told him to leave them horses, but he said they were horses the Indians had already stole. It was just that one boy who showed any fight. I cut a little hole in their stomachs and pull out a gut and wrap it around a limb.
If only I would, Clara thought--I'd be with my boys. It was clear he was worried. She had fat legs, but she was always friendly, Maggie. Ned Spettle, the father of them all, had died of drink two years before.
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