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I had to wait for a chance, Gus, Jake said. Now, wait a minute, Zwey, he said. They rode through the Territory without incident, frequently seeing cattle herds on the move but always swinging around them. Elmira took two steps and stopped.

If one stopped to think about it, it was depressing how little most men learned in their lifetimes. Call had laid many a _compañero_ in graves Josh Deets had dug, including, most recently, Jake Spoon. For several days they trailed west along the Platte, but when the river curved south, toward Colorado, Call pointed the herd northwest. Just leave 'em lie.