He climbed up the muddy bank and saw that Janey was involved in a tussle with the little outlaw. It ain't a mistake to behave like a human being once in a while, Augustus said. Don't get nervous and shoot, I'm friendly, he said, just as he saw the outline of their horses against the sky. Elmira began to feel cold.
He had to catch him. In the night he felt a Stinging in his leg but was too heavy with sleep to care--red ants had gotten him several times. No one seemed to notice. It might be a poor one stuffed with corn shucks, but it was better than he would get for the next several months.
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