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I don't know why we don't cut him, Dish said. She spent most of her days sitting in the loft, letting her feet dangle, remembering the old days with Dee and Jake. Oh, I imagine Dish will get the first pick, Newt said. Gus would know.

Jim talked every second that he didn't have a whiskey bottle in his mouth. Nobody liked crossing rivers, but it didn't help to talk about the dangers constantly for three thousand miles. He remembered the shock it had been to see Jake with his hands tied, sitting on his horse with a noose around his neck. Sometimes he got a lucky feeling--the feeling that he was meant for riches and beautiful women and that nothing could keep him down for long.