I admit I did not expect it to be you. When did you hit a lick on that well? He looked around and saw to his astonishment that Augustus's two pigs were laying under the wagon, snuffling. Well, he'll be back, Augustus said, the insolence more pronounced in his voice. There were plenty of men to do the work--they had even had to turn away three or four men who came looking to hire on.
Why, we're half out already, Augustus said. You boys ought to go home and teach school, he said. By the time they were within a week of Ogallala, all subjects other than whoring were judged to be superfluous. Tea won't keep him going.
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