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"Whoa girl, whoa!" Roy yelled while pulling back hard on the reins

The sweaty Johanssonhard Roy hobbled the horse with the reins and then tied Sugar-Girl to the side of the wagon Grabbing his canteen, Roy removed his hat and poured so on the water as she drank in large gulps so Roy pulled the hat away

"Easy girl, easy does it"

Giving her another opportunity to quench her thirst, the mare consumed all the water Roy pouredRoy pulled the hat away again and du contents over the horse'shis hat back on his head, Roy patted theShe son and when he saw the back of the buckboard, it was burnt and charred Everything else looked norain ater This ti she was starting to cal on? Why are you out here like this and what's this all about?" The ar-Girl to the back of the buckboard, Roy hopped into the seat Turning the wagon around, he headed toward the Johansson faron slowly, so that the mare could cool down, Roy conteht of resulted in a good outcoive water to both horses from his hat Roy wanted to drive faster but was afraid the stress would kill the e, he stopped A faint cloud of gray s all co the reins, Roy yelled, "Giddy up, yah, yah!"

Theonto the Johansson far The corral was broken open and the Johansson barn was still burning but crushed flat Roy stood up in the wagon and yelled, drawing each word out

"SARA! SARA! ABE, BILLY! ANYONE HERE?"

Roy heard his own voice faintly echo fro hands around his ain

"SARA! ABRAHAM, BILLY! ANYBODY? HELLO?"

But there was no response Roy tied the side the erly drank the refreshing water Roy started walking around Periodically, Roy stopped and called out, then listened for any faint responses, but there was none The heat from the barn caused Roy to keep a safe distance as he scanned for any signs of life or bodies God, please don't let ht