We've fought Indians in the wet, Pea Eye said. I guess they've got a sawbones there. It ain't far down the river, Augustus said, but I'd pass by it if I were you. Usually three or four of the Hat Creek cowboys would be there by that time.
Something in the way Call said it amused him, and for a second he regained a bit of his old dash. Soon it shed a pale, cool light over the bed-grounds. That's the reason, Call said. He had seen the occasional snake in rivers along the coast but never more than one or two together; there had been at least twenty, probably more, around the boy.
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