He had trailed a herd once and not done well with it, and it had left him resentful of those with better luck. Jake tried to bail her out but the sheriff wouldn't take his money. His hopes, which had been soaring as he walked through the dark to the saloon, flopped down to boot level. Why, this ain't but four dollars, Dan said.
I'll give you fifty dollars, Gus said with a big grin. That was not Augustus's intention. He had worried as much as he could, and he simply rode, his mind blank. The whole bunch of you couldn't kill one man.
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