It always made them seem worse or better than they were. If it had been an Indian you'd have got scalped. Let's don't, Call said. He had several bottles of whiskey, and as soon as the men finished one he handed them another.
But the sun came up beautifully, and he knew he would have to go in to breakfast. The thought struck him that the two of them might do well in San Francisco, if they could just get there. When he did he saw the edge of a rifle extending an inch or two from the weeds, pointed not at himself but at Pea. July was tempted, but Joe looked so unhappy that he relented and decided to let him stay with them.
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