Jake offered her the bottle and she took another swallow. Dan Suggs leaped to his feet and turned to see the bright sun glinting on three rifle barrels. The town was not large--just a long street of saloons and stores, and a few shacks on the slope north of the Platte. I never had the opportunity of piano lessons.
Well, introduce your friends, Gus, Clara said. He already had his Arkansas trouble from shooting someone. The old man had a single-shot buffalo gun, and the boy a cap-and-ball pistol. The woman spoke to her cheerfully about getting some better clothes, but Janey sat on the washtub, silent.
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