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"Of course we-alls drinks, an' Doc Peets makes a talk. He speaks
mighty high of every gent present; which compliments gets big action
in sech a game. The Red Dog chief--an' he's a mighty civilized-
lookin' gent--he talks back, an' calls Wolfville an' Red Dog great
commercial centers, which they sore be. He says, 'We-alls is
friendly to-day, an' fights the rest of the year,' which we-alls
agrees to cordial. He says fightin'. or, as he calls it, 'a generous
rivalry,' does camps good, an' I reckons he's right, too, 'cause it
shore results in the cashin' in of some mighty bad an' disturbin'
elements. When he sets down, thar's thunders of applause.
"It's by this time that the drinkin' becomes frequent an' common.
The talk gets general, an' the lies them people evolves an' saws off
on each other would stampede stock.
"Any day but Thanksgivin' sech tales would shore lead to
reecriminations an' blood; but as it is, every gent seems relaxed
an' onbuckled that a-way in honor of the hour, an' it looks like
lyin' is expected.
"How mendacious be them people? If I recalls them scenes c'rrectly,
it's Texas Thompson begins the campaign ag'in trooth.
"This yere Texas Thompson tells, all careless-like, how 'way back in
the forties, when he's a boy, he puts in a Thanksgivin' in the Great
Salt Lake valley with Old Jim Bridger.
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