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prairie roate, each helaing ta 3 twin. Eight or nine trunks

anfi boxes are 2133 lsnfica. Dickie ana Biraie look azout than for
the car they expect to meet them. where is no vehicle uhutevbr

- driver's
in sight but a bir farm wagon, an the high seat of which Bad:

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Calhoun launges, with the reins looaoly in his hand. #9
van Dayfion's lock abant them, Budk leisurely cuts a big chunk
of chewing tobacco from a plug, chuekw it into hifi moufih, takes
3 slaw chew, spifis anfl than, taking his time, descenfls from fine
vagan. He 13 not a picturesque figure, though he lacks hazfiy
and cayable. fiaxixy'3 Eis dress consistss of 3 flirty ana
much patehea pair overals, wifih broken galluaes over the shoulficrs,
ana 3 fiisrcputmblc aaa battcrea looking 01% hat on his head.
Buck ia a chunky, huray looking man of about 25, with a ufiie
humoraus face. capable, tough, flcpenaablo anc looveuble, anfl full
o£'u quaint humor, which tmists across his face upon owary excuse. 5
Ha saunters over cheerfully to the Daytons. Lmfi adaressos them as:
”How&y lgdy and gent. Guess you're the ggys the‘ho5$
telephoned me to maefi. Eon're yourselves?" _ 1
He extends 2». big, xvoz-3': haraened anfi. soiled hamfi, ‘$2113.13 
Biraie stares at with aversion, and which causes Dickie to wince
as he grips his aelicate fingers with it.
Each paints ta the trunks &e. and asks if they are
theres. mhéy~noé, unfl he guys:
"I'll give you a hanfi than 'bo”.
Eiak as he realizes fihut Buck actually nnmns for axm

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to help pufi the trunks aboara asks him if he figxns him for 3 coal