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The Scouts of the Valley

CHAPTER XI
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I don't think the like o' this day an' night wuz ever done on this continent afore.

I'm for revenge, I am, like that place where the Bible says, 'an eye for an eye, an' a tooth for a tooth,' an' I'm goin' to stay in this part o' the country till we git it!" It was seldom that Shif'less Sol spoke with so much passion and energy.
"We're all going to stay with you, Sol," said Henry.

"We're needed here.
I think we ought to circle about the fort, slip in if we can, and fight with the defense." "Yes, we'll do that," said Shif'less Sol, "but the Wyoming fort can't ever hold out.

Thar ain't a hundred men left in it fit to fight, an' thar are more than than a thousand howlin' devils outside ready to attack it.

Thar may be worse to come than anything we've yet seen." "Still, we'll go in an' help," said Henry.


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