He caught Bolivar staring at him malevolently. July wasn't listening. What happened to the saloon? He could see that he had been right--the general store was still there, but the Dry Bean was gone. But Deets's great ability was in preventing ambushes.
Wilbarger tucked his book carefully into his bedroll and tossed the bedroll in the back of the wagon. But if the townspeople of Fort Smith had not considered him, the same couldn't be said for Louisa Brooks, who was giving him a good deal more consideration than he was accustomed to. A few soldiers coming in with a load of wood helped him get dry. Why interrupt it for a death that couldn't be helped? And yet death was not something you could ignore.
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