She
puts it up Dave is a base, deceitful sharp that a-way, an' informs
Missis Rucker, all mixed up with tears, as how she now desires to go
back in the kitchen an' cook, same as when Dave rounds her up for
his wife.
"Yere's the whole story, an' while I nurses certain views tharon, I
leaves it to you entire to say how much Tucson Jennie is jestified.
I knows all about it, for I'm obleeged to be in on the deal from
soda to hock.
"It's mighty likely a month before the time Tucson Jennie breaks
through Dave's lines this a-way. Dave an' me's due to go over
towards the Tres Hermanas about some cattle. Likewise thar's an
English outfit allowin' they'll go along some, to see where they've
been stackin' in heavy on some ranch lands. They was eager for Dave
an' me to trail along with 'em, an' sorter ride herd on' em, an'
keep 'em from gettin' mixed up with the scenery--which the same is
shorely complicated in the foot-hills of the Tres Hermanas--an'
losin' themse'fs a heap.
"'Which you'd better do it, boys,' says Enright. 'S'pose them folks
be some trouble. It's a mighty sight better than havin' 'em go
p'intin' off alone that a-way. They would shore miss the way if they
does; an' the first we-alls knows, these yere Britons would be
runnin' cimmaron in the hills, scarin' up things a lot, an' a-
stampedin' the cattle plumb off the range.
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