Before Jake had been gone ten minutes Lorena got a surprise. He had not seen Blue Duck's tracks in two days but he didn't care. It seemed to her that all her children had been conceived in dust clouds, dust rising from the bedclothes or sifting down from the ceiling. He couldn't untie the knots in the rawhide, but managed to draw his pistol and fire in the air.
Dan, you beat all, little Eddie repeated several times. As long as she could spot him she didn't feel worried. But it always came back, for sooner or later men around the camp fires or the wagon or the outfit would begin to talk of whores, and the thought of Maggie would sting his mind as sweat stings a cut. It was setting behind a large herd of cattle being held a mile or two from town.
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