it was handed to me for my son. how do i give it into his hands? answer me, old man. how do i give a dead boy the law? the man who killed my son is still alive. the angel s vengeance will cut him down into the dirt thatat is him. the vengeance will be mine. the man you seek was last known to be in the town of copper city. you re to find him, llow him. sarah buchanan. i do not expect to see you - bang! - bang! you missed. no, i i didn t. got you right in the heart. bang, right between the eyes. i guess you did, all right. you get them shells i ordered? yep. come in this morning. ought to be around here somewheres. did you find that fella you u s looking for? hmm? no, no, he s a pretty smart fella. i m going after him first thing in the morning. hey, what s this here? peaches, extra fancy. packed in heavy syrup. come all the way in from st. louis. peaches in cans. boy, that s something, isn t itit open em up and try em. much obliged. i figure a fella ought to be progressiviv
hey, what the devil s going on here? are you out of your head? well, i made us equal, didn t i? well, you stay away from my girl, or i ll break off our kinship, brother. all right, get back to your wagons, folks. come on. all of you get back. no more fuss. why did thee let him make a fool of thee? why didn t thee break him in half? thee could have made two of him without trying. i don t want to make two of him, benjy. i found one of him quite enough. thee s the bravest man in the whole shh, shh! quiet. nothing to trouble thyself over, major adams. jed otis felt i d done him a wrong. i heard him tell you to stay away from his girl. in the first place, i didn t know she was his girl. and second, i didn t think you d be interested in her. he ain t. she ain t interested in him neither, cept to add him to her collection. she s a man-eater. runs after a fella till she s caught him and then picks his heart clean and chucks him away. thee is talking of thy own grand-daughter. look