08/02/2026 06:35

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Well, I swear, Call said. I ain't messin' this bed, she said. Somebody better settle him, Blue Duck said. He had once felt competent being a sheriff--maybe if he went back and stuck to it he would someday feel competent again.

There's two heifers bogged yet, he said. Call didn't answer. Then past a point, I'm not tolerant of it. Oh, hell, a damn German, Dan said.