When he got up, he mounted his horse and rode off, without a word to anyone. If a bunch of them showed up at once we'd be in trouble. The town abounded in saloons, of course, but at first the boys were too spooked to go in one. I should have gone with you and not even tried it.
He felt greatly embarrassed, but to his surprise Clara smiled again, a friendly smile that vanished when she turned back to the Captain. A man whose wife had left was apt to be sore about it and touchy. Then he even took a throw, for a joke, at a low-flying buzzard that had just risen off the carcass of an armadillo. For the next week she serviced most of the customers herself.
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