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Hell, he looks like he's been butchered, Tobe said cheerfully. He was so wet it didn't seem as if he could ever be dry, or that he could do such a simple thing as sit in the bright sun again feeling hot, on stretch out on the grass and sleep. Besides, I knew the old man, he added. This would make a story if there was anybody to tell it, Call said.

Then, curious to know if the saloon was really gone, he walked across the dry bed of Hat Creek and into the main street. Jake got tired of the back rub and tried to roll her over for another poke but she wouldn't have it. Monkey John will like that yellow hair, he said. He was so drunk he couldn't walk straight.