When it came time to go back to the ranch he helped Lorie into the wagon with the girls, and he and Clara walked behind. Somehow he could never stay with the rest of the boys when there was a run. Them'll be our fifty-dollar gold pieces, he said. I expect I better go help, ma'am, he said.
Clara laughed. By God, what does he mean, leaving me? I brought the woman, I guess I've got a right to go fetch her back. Dern, the old man said. The songs don't belong to me.
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