He had already turned two stampedes--something no one else in the outfit had the skill to manage. As she was wading out, feeling clean and light, she got a scare: a big snapping turtle sat on the bank right where she had entered the river. A wasp had got him close to one eye; soon the eye swelled shut. At each watering he let him have a few minutes of rest.
There could be a fight, July said, remembering that Jake Spoon was said to have difficult friends. When the doctor left the room, he sat down in a chair and took off his hat. They're already dead. I'd watch these crossings, if I were you.
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