He cocked his pistol and Gus's, and held them both at the ready until his hands grew tired. She led him to the window and lit the coal-oil lamp. He tried to get the other boys to wait on him--in his state he could have been easily robbed and beaten, as he pointed out--but his companions were indifferent to his fate. Such a thought had never occurred to July, though it had crossed his mind that he might take Roscoe.
He shot another just as the man was picking up his rifle. Did you get to see Lorie? Dish asked point-blank. It's no harder than breaking off a little stick if you know how. He was doing that when Lorena came to tell him Bob was dead.
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