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Hell, Augustus said. It's true he's put on weight, but then Tobe was always chunky built, Call said. He had done nothing but ride twice over the same stretch of prairie, while death had come to both camps. Soon Roscoe began to get very nervous.

Call didn't answer. The Irishmen were particularly good night herders because they could sing; their melodies seemed to soothe the cattle. Don't you be scolding me, he said. They didn't stop to rest until the job was done, by which time they were all soaked with sweat.