[Copper Streak Trail by Eugene Manlove Rhodes]@TWC D-Link bookCopper Streak Trail CHAPTER VI 12/15
I'm reformed about cattle, too," said Stan. At the ball ground he bade Dewing good-night.
The latter rode on to his own hostelry at the other end of town.
Civilization patronized the Admiral Dewey as nearest the railroad; mountain men favored the Mountain House as being nearest to grass. Stanley turned up a side street to the one-roomed adobe house on the edge of town that served as city headquarters for himself and Johnson.
He unsaddled in the little corral; he brought a feed of corn for brown Awguan; he brought currycomb and brush and made glossy Awguan's sleek sides, turning him loose at last, with a friendly slap, to seek pasture on Cobre Hills.
Then he returned to the Mountain House for the delayed supper. Meantime Mr.Something Dewing held a hurried consultation with Mr.Mayer Zurich; and forthwith took horse again for Morning Gate Pass, slipping by dark streets from the town, turning aside to pass Hospital Springs.
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