Half the men had gone to sleep in their saddles the moment the column stopped, and the horses all looked as if they needed a month off on good grass. He had let the young man override his warning and leave. Miss, you oughta get him on across the river, he said, when he handed back the coffee cup. Nervous and a little reluctant, Newt got on Jake's horse.
Then, as she was dreaming of water, she opened her eyes to find that they were stopped by a sizable stream. July knew that for some reason he irritated Elmira--she reacted crossly to almost everything he said or suggested. Though he had still not approached her, she felt him stirring when they slept close at night, and she meant to see that he did approach her before they got to Ogallala. It surprised her.
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