Clara looked at the baby and offered it her finger. Luke had a little quirt and was always nervously popping himself on the leg with it. You coming? he asked--the first time on the whole trip that he had spoken to Jake directly. Call rode off feeling satisfied, believing he had enough of a crew to start gathering cattle.
Don't feed him just because he hollers, she said. I'm willing to take you, although you've got no experience either at farming or matrimony. When he was a child, Lippy had occasionally taken him into the saloon and let him bang on the piano. Probably a herd had been bedded nearby and the boys were trying to get them moving.
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