Well, I hope we get there before the rivers start icing, Pea said. No, not Gus, Dish said. He was careful not to drink too much, since the last thing he needed was for the people in Fort Smith to get the notion he was a drunk. If we had we could heat some water for you, but as it is you'll just have to rough it.
When Dish poked him, his hat fell off, and when he got down to get it his legs felt as heavy as if somebody had put lead in his boots. Then, looking beyond her, he apparently saw something she couldn't see. The way sick people have been turning up lately, I sometimes think we oughta go out of the horse business and open a hospital. Captain Call rode in just as Newt was leaving.
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