His attitude toward the storm was contemptuous, as befitted a top hand. Did you try it? Oh yes, Deets said. He won't tell, Augustus said. He was dusty as could be from a day with the cattle, and would usually have waited for a bath, or at least washed the grit off his face and hands in the washbasin, but this time he didn't wait.
In fact one of them's an old maid to this day because she doted on Dad. Sometimes he rode ahead of the herd, which put Dish Boggett in a bad mood--nobody was supposed to be ahead of him except the scout. I don't see no badges on them. Well, I'm sorry we didn't bring a bathtub and a cookstove, Augustus said.
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