Wilbarger's two men were dead, still in their blankets. I'm more worried about Indians, Pea Eye said. It'll give me a better chance. Jake bought her, Lorena said, grateful that Gus had come over to offer her help.
He found a creek with a good stand of sheltering timber and decided it would do for a headquarters, but he felt no eagerness for the tasks ahead. A larger bore and he would be down and probably dead. It was hard to know what he himself feared. He ordinarily wouldn't have spoken so strongly in the presence of Pea, on any adult, but his feelings were ragged.
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