But let's just go on for a day or two more. Call untied his slicker from his saddle and covered Pea Eye with it. That was true, of course--not that Roscoe would be particularly obliging about it. Actually, he didn't think his mother would care one way or another whether she got a letter from July.
Only when she thought of coming to a town did she feel worried. Suddenly Augustus realized what it was. The horse was narrow-backed and not very smooth-gaited; she could find no way to sit that didn't jar her, and long before morning she thought if they didn't stop she would be cut in two. While he was carrying one, he saw two riders far across the plain, black dots in the bright sunlight.
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