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You ought to let him be about that, Call said, when they had ridden out of earshot. Where would a horsethief come from, and where would one go? Still, a fact was a fact: the horses were gone. Of course it was fine for the boy to have the horse--it saved fifty dollars. I'll take Martin, if she don't, or you don't.

But there were still corrals to build, and a smokehouse, and improvements on the cabin. No, Po Campo said. Do you think it's Jake? Newt asked. She didn't reject these little morning attentions, but she didn't encourage them either.