Always over the same thing too. Ma, it's getting cold, Betsey said from the doorway. What's the news of Jake? Call inquired. No, just tuckered out, Call said.
He had always heard that cowboying involved considerable weather, but had never expected so many different kinds to happen in one night. What happened to the saloon? He could see that he had been right--the general store was still there, but the Dry Bean was gone. There was nobody in the street but a farmer with a mule team. Why should they interrupt their work just to see Bob put in the ground? They sang two hymns, the Germans singing loudly in poor English.
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