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"I think we can do it."
"And how?"
"See that automobile over there? In front of that office."
"I see a long, low, rakish craft painted like an Eyetalian sunset. If
thet is yer means o' communication with ther other side o' ther river,
oxcuse me."
"Why, what's the matter with that? That's a mighty fine car."
"I reckon it is, but walkin's good ernuf fer me."
"But you'll never walk away from that shadow."
"I'll bet I kin run erway from 'his checkers' before we're halfway ter
St. Looey, even if I am a cow-puncher, an' muscle bound from straddlin'
a saddle fer so many years."
"What's the use, when we can run away from him in a gasoline wagon. That
machine is standing in front of the office of Truax & Wells, and they
have sold a lot of cattle for us in times past. It wouldn't surprise me
if the car belonged to one or the other of them, and that if we asked
for a lift to the other side they would be glad to let us have it."
"All right, if you're so keen on it, tackle 'em. You'll find me game ter
ride ther ole thing.


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