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But Call went. Her parents had puzzled over the question for years--it had replaced Bible arguments as their staple of conversation. Of course he knew death was no respecter. Where would you get a dern jug on a cattle drive? Jasper asked.

Ain't you learned that by now? Pea Eye could not be sure that he had learned anything about Indians except that he was scared of them, and he had learned that long before he ever saw one. His wife was lost, and his deputy also. That was the heart of it--best to stay in your own country and not go wandering off where you didn't know the rivers or the water holes. Then he came back and saddled her horse for her.