08/02/2026 13:42

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I'm surprised Willie would hire a surly young idler like you. I'd be embarrassed if you came to any trouble on my account. Gradually they began to get into more open country. She don't take to company, I guess.

He liked to watch the boy with the horses; it had become a keen pleasure. He looked at Pea Eye, who was standing quietly with Deets. Newt had a hard time imagining how a whole country could be covered with green grass. He crossed the Prairie Dog Fork of the Red River--plenty of prairie dogs were in evidence, too--and rode west to the edge of the Palo Duro.