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A bartender and the blacksmith helped pack the charcoal in. Blue Duck stepped back into the firelight, a rifle in his hands. I wish Bob would go, Clara said. Several of the men became convinced that he didn't mean to stop--that he would lead them north into the snows and they would all freeze.

I want you to stop drinking, she said. Augustus took one of the circulars and wrote Dan Suggs, Man Burner and Horse Thief on the back of it. Hours passed and they crossed creek after creek, but the man didn't stop again. There was no sign of a campfire, no sign of anything but plains and darkness.