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? ? ? ? "What made me an outlaw you mean to ask?"

? ? ? ? "Yes."

? ? ? ? "My nature, I suppose. I wasn't cut out for sober, humdrum life."

? ? ? ? "Don't you think you would have been happier?"

? ? ? ? "No preaching, kid! I had enough of that when I used to go to church in my old home in Missouri. Here, Caesar!"

? ? ? ? "Yes, massa."

? ? ? ? "You know Oreville?"

? ? ? ? "Yes, massa."

? ? ? ? "Go over there and take this letter with you. Ask for Jefferson Pettigrew, and mind you don't tell him where we live. Only if he asks about me and my pal say we are desperate men, have each killed a round dozen of fellows that stood in our way and will stick at nothing."

? ? ? ? "All right, massa," said Caesar with an appreciative grin. "How shall I go, massa?"

? ? ? ? "You can take the kid's horse. Ride to within a mile of Oreville, then tether the horse where he won't easily be found, and walk over to the mines. Do you understand?"

? ? ? ? "Yes, massa."

? ? ? ? "He won't probably give you any money, but he may give you a letter.


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