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She handed him the canteen and the foodand the end of the halter rope.
But
perhaps we are unfair to Shoz-Dijiji, for was there not also Ish-kay-nay?
Where
the wash took a broad sweepto the east he urged his mount to a run.
>From down
the canyon came unmistakable evidence ofthe clumsy approach of clumsy
white-eyes. What did Ish-kay-nay care for the details? Presently the officer
shared the secret withSergeant Olson and the sun. We heardyesterday that the
hostiles was all headed for the border,so I thought Id come home. He thought
all of the time about Ish-kay-nay.
Shoz-Dijiji whispered soothingly softSpanish
words. She handed him the canteen and the foodand the end of the halter
rope.
To know if Shoz-Dijiji lives and will return; she said. Say, Shoz-Dijiji,
areyou sure you aint a renegade?
The old son-of-a-gun pitched me clean off,
shesaid.
Shoz-Dijiji no kill until he find hispeople. I thought I told you
tostay in town until this fracas blowed over.
But you must not kill white
people at all.
Iwas takin a short cut through the hills.
Now; it commenced
totake on the semblance of reality. From down the canyon came unmistakable
evidence ofthe clumsy approach of clumsy white-eyes.
The young war
chiefwondered what this movement of troops portended.
>From down the canyon came
unmistakable evidence ofthe clumsy approach of clumsy white-eyes.
Say,
Shoz-Dijiji, areyou sure you aint a renegade? That seemed a very remote country
to Wichita Billings. Where the wash took a broad sweepto the east he urged his
mount to a run.
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