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He had heard enough about Clara in the old days, when Gus and Jake had both been courting her. Mr Emmett would sometimescall around and watch as the children sang or recited apoem for his benefit. They went over the ridge so fast I never got a look. Mary was a dedicated mother to Tommo and Hawk,and the two little boys returned her love with affectionand trust.

Unfortunately a rare downpour had occurred only about a week after the wind dropped the old roof in the middle of Hat Creek. He was no more than four feet3m her when she raised the pistol behind the blanket,the wild man, perhaps sensing danger, suddenlyforward and threw her to the ground. 'I stamped down hard, crushing both her hands underel of their boots. Life is stranger than fiction.