"It's two hours later, mebby, when the defunct's daughter--the
outfit abides over in Chihuahua, which is the Mexican part of
Wolfville--goes to a show-down with 'Doby an' Billy an wants to know
does she get the corpse?
"'Shore,' says 'Doby, 'which we-alls has no further use for your
paw, an' his remainder is free an' welcome to you. You can bet me
an' Billy ain't holdin' out no paternal corpses none on their
weepin' offsprings.'
"Followin' of his bluff, 'Doby goes over an' consoles with the
Mexican's daughter, which her name's Manuela, an' she don't look so
bad neither. Doc Peets, whose jedgement of females is a cinch,
allows she's as pretty as a diamond flush, an' you can gamble Doc
Peets ain't makin no blind leads when it's a question of squaws.
"So 'Doby consoles this yere Manuela a whole lot, while Billy, who's
makin' coffee an' bakin'. powder biscuit inside, don't really notice
he's doin' it. Fact is, Billy's plumb busy. The New York Store
havin' changed bakin'-powder onto us the week before--the same
redoocin' biscuits to a conundrum for a month after--an' that
bakin'-powder change sorter engagin' Billy's faculties wholly, he
forgets about deceased an' his daughter complete; that is, complete
temporary.
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