We kept some of them alive the last few winters, once the buffalo were gone, Clara said. Then take off your star, if it's that heavy, the woman said. I got a rifle. Maybe she can't remember.
Everyone wondered when he would stop going north, but no one dared ask. He was very relieved, for with both of them gone, the herd had been his responsibility. He was little better than a criminal himself, in her view, and she was opposed to his being deputy sheriff, although it was true that there was not much to choose from in Fort Smith. I don't know if I'll ever get Ellie back to Fort Smith.
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