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Show 1-1 1o kill, or cbe it woultln"t he fair :11Hl sqnare for th(J othcn. \V<'l1, n ohody could i hink of anything to <lo-rvPrybodv wa=' stntnp('d,ancl S(\t still. I was 1no.'L re;Hly to <"'ry; hnt all at one\ I thought of a way, ancl so I offl'rP<l11H'ln .:\liss \Vat..;on- 1 hry eonld kill her. E\'('rybocly s:ticl: "Ol1, she,ll do, she'll clo. Thai\; nll right. J[u ~k c:tn emnr in.'' Then tl1cy all stnek a pin in thPir fingers io get bloo·l to sign with, and I In;Hlt\ 1ny n1ark on thP paper. "~ow," :nys B (' ll Hoger'," what\; t hP linr of hu:' ine ._· ~ of 1 hi:-; Uang? ., "~othing only rohhc'ry and Jnunl rr;' To1n said. "Bnt who nrc we going io roh ( ho1u;( s- or cattle-or--•• "Stnff! . t<';tling entile and sneh il1ing.· nin't rohbc~rv, ](";-; hnrglary ,'' say ... T01n f'a wycr. '; \\r e ai 11 't burglar~. That~ n in 't no ... ort of styJr . \V<' are higll\vayrn('n. \Vp stop , tao· s and earnagc.·. on i he road, \vit h 1nasks on, ~nHl l~ill the p eoplt.! antl take thc1r \Yatchc.· :nHllnoney.'' "l\1n.t we always kill the proplc? ., "Oh, certainly. It':-; best. Senne :ud horit ies think (_1iffercnt, but mo:c;t]y it's considered be.t to kill t.hern. Except ~mne 1 hat you bnng i o the en ve h ere ancl kt'ep t h c1n till th v "rp nn1 somrcl. ~, "' " Hansomecl? \rhaf~ that? " b 1" l don't know. But that'.· what Lh{'y do. I've , een it m oo <S; and . o of conr. e that's what we've got, to do.'' " Bnt how can we <lo it if we don 't kno\v wl . t 't .. f,; ., " \VI bl . l ,t l 1~ • lJ :nne It all, we've r;ot to clo i4- J)o ,t_ I .J- ll ·t •. jn tl b ]T •) n < 1 '• n l e you l ;--. I ~e. 00 " · 0 yon want to go to doing different frorn w 1a'~ I In the ~~ooks, and g t things all Jnnddled up r" Oh, that all very fine t 1, i tl f 0 ay, o1n ~awyer, but how i~1 1e na Ion are these fellows going to be ran. ·mued if we don't l.) know h ow t o c1 o 1 L to the 1 n r 1 hat';-; t h <' t h i n cr l wan t t o ge i a t. Now what do yon ?'Pc"h·on it i:-; ~ ·• "-vrell, r <l<HI,t kno\V. Bnt p<'r'aps if\\"(' kc·<']> thrlll t ill t h0y"re n1nsornPd, it n10an. tlwt \H' ke('P ilH'tn tjll tllt•y'r<' clE acl. ·· "Now, i11at \; sometl1ing lil.·e. That'll mL'Wf'l'. \Y'"hy conl(ln't you Raid that he fnl'f'? \\'" e'Jl kPep i hc'ln 1 ill t h('y·n, nu1son1< <I 1 o <lcath-antl a hot l1c'r.·o1ne lot they'll b <·, too, (~ati n <r 111) PVf'rv-a "' ilting ~111(1 alwnys trying to g('t loo;-;<' .'' "J [ow you talk, Ht'n l{ogPrs. 1 fow cnn i hey get loo:-~r whrn i hrre ~s a gnan l over t h c1n, n ·::td y to :-~hoot t h ern down if they 1nov<> a peg '! ., "A gnanl. \\'"c•ll, that i. · goud. ~o .·oJnC'borly "s goL to: 't. 11p :11l night a11d neve r get any --lePp, jtLst son:-~ to wat ch th c111. I think 1hat's fooli shness. \\'"hy can't a body tnke a ('lub atHl ran . o1n thc1n as soon ns ih y get hc'n' t ·· "Beeansc\ it :1in"t in i he bonk;-; :o tltat ·:-; wl 1v. X ow Brn " l{ogrrs, do yon \\":lnt to <lo 1lling;-; n·gnlill', or <lon't yourihaL" s the id (':l. Don't yon recko11 ilwL tlH' peopl<' that 1nade 1 h books knows w haC:-; t he <·orr<'ct tl1 i ng 1 o do r I>o yon r ckon yon ran lPnrn "e1n anything r Not hy n goo<l <lral. No, sir, we'll j nst go on ancl rnn:o1 11 t h<' tn in t h C' rf'g ular wn y .'' "All righL r don't lnind; b nt. I :ay iL":-~ a fool Wily, any-how. Say- clo \Ve kill th woin f'n, 1 oo ~ ., "\\Tell, B('ll Hog r. ' if I was a.· ig n orant ~lS you r wouldn't l<·t on. J~iH the wotn n r Xo-nobo<ly '\·c·r saw anything in th books like that. Yon fet<.:h thc1n to th :\ caye ' a1Hl yon"rc· ~ always a. polit as pie to the1n ; a1Hl hy-ancl-by i lH'Y fall iu love \vith yon ancln ver \Vant to go hom(' nny Jnor r .'' "V\rell, if ihafs ihc way, I'1n agr ·d, but 1 don't Lake no stoek in it. ~Iight y. oon w .: 11 1wv 1 h cave so ~J ntt< r <1 up with women, ancl fellow.· waiting to b' ran ·o1ncd, t hnL i here won't be no place for 1h' rohb('r:-:. But go aheacl, I ain'L got nothing to :~!y." |