Holt's Gamble
“Jacob shook his head, his lips compressed in a stubborn line. "No you ain't." He didn't even look at her when he said it. Just kept walking. Dawn had cut a swath of pink across the dark morning sky, lighting their way.
"You can't make me stay behind," she called after him. "I'll take a horse. I'll follow you." Jacob stopped in his tracks and grabbed her by the shoulders. "I think that faintin' spell addled your brains, woman. You gots any idea what be out there? You ever see'd what a Indian do ...to a white man after he kills him?" She faltered back a step, but he kept talking.
"You ever smell a body ripenin' in the sun, or see the buzzard's helpin' themselves to a man's eyes? Is that what you wants to see? Death? 'Cause that's what's out there." "No," she answered in a small voice. "I... just want to find Clay." "And what if he's out there wid the others? That how you wants to remember him?" Jacob's eyes softened after he'd said it and he bowed his head. "Stay here, Kierin. If Clay's out there alive, I'll be findin' him.MoreLess
"You can't make me stay behind," she called after him. "I'll take a horse. I'll follow you." Jacob stopped in his tracks and grabbed her by the shoulders. "I think that faintin' spell addled your brains, woman. You gots any idea what be out there? You ever see'd what a Indian do ...to a white man after he kills him?" She faltered back a step, but he kept talking.
"You ever smell a body ripenin' in the sun, or see the buzzard's helpin' themselves to a man's eyes? Is that what you wants to see? Death? 'Cause that's what's out there." "No," she answered in a small voice. "I... just want to find Clay." "And what if he's out there wid the others? That how you wants to remember him?" Jacob's eyes softened after he'd said it and he bowed his head. "Stay here, Kierin. If Clay's out there alive, I'll be findin' him.MoreLess
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