Jake was tolerant of the cowboys but careful to keep himself a bit apart from them. He tried putting his hands on her, but Lorena shrugged them off and went to the other side of the pack mule. A trail herd was crossing the river a mile or more to the west. She wondered where the turtle was, but before she could look it was pitch-dark again.
Clara looked at the baby and offered it her finger. He had always been fond of the man, despite his unwillingness to dismount if there was something to do on the ground. He had known perfectly well Gus would try something of the sort, for Gus would never let him have a woman to himself. s, when children died and had to be buried? But a few years passed, and Clara went back to the stories in the magazines.
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