It's a grand sport too. Augustus volunteered to drive the wagon back to the herd on condition he could have a drink and a meal first. Newt and the Rainey boys had begun to talk of whores. But she had never let him get the upper hand, though it seemed to him she had surrendered it without a fight to a dumb horse trader from Kentucky.
If the Indians carried her off, he for one would not be too sorry--although, when he thought about it, he realized he himself might be an easier catch. While they played, the Texas bull milled through the cows, now and then mounting one. They all needed the rest. If he rode across the river with a hard bunch like the Suggses he would be an outlaw, whereas if he stayed, the nesters might try to hang him or at least try to jail him in Fort Worth or Dallas.
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