He tried to act disappointed, but he was relieved. If Bol quit and they had to depend on Gus to do the cooking, the whole trip would be in jeopardy. Now that they were ready, July felt strangely unwilling to leave. The harness was in bad repair but there was plenty of rawhide around, and they soon had it tied together fairly well.
Allen said nothing. Augustus dismounted and looped the rope over the saddle horn. Deets had even imagined doing it, a few times--propping a ladder against the old full moon, and stepping on. But I ain't found the one yet who could hold me back from a chance like this.
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