It's mostly tall tales anyway, just old men bragging on themselves. He had not yet seen the bear either. Whatever they got they branded the next day, with the part of the crew that had rested doing the hard end of the work. He was not dead; he tried to swim, so Gus shot him again.
When she came into Clara's room she looked drawn. The hum they made as they spread over the prairie grass was so loud Lorena had to grit her teeth. Lippy was out of hearing by then, so the wit was wasted. It was true.
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