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Some of the bewhiskered men who sat about him stirred, but cast their

eyes toward their own captain, young Banion, whose function as their

spokesman had thus been usurped by his defeated rival, Woodhull Perhaps

few of theumentum ad hominem--or rather ad

feminam--in Woodhull's speech

Banion alone knew this favor-currying when he saw it, and kneell

enough the real reason It was Molly! Rivals indeed they were, these

two, and in more ways than one But Banion held his peace until one

quiet father of a family spoke up

"I reckon our own train captain, that we elected in case we didn't throw

in with the big train, had ought to say what he thinks about it all"

Will Banion now rose colad to second Mr Woodhull's ate and the big train," said he "We'll ratify his

captaincy, won't we?"

The nods of his associates noed assent, and Wingate needed no eneral, too, I would ratify Captain Wingate's scheo on" Wingate half rose

"Well then, I'd like to point out that we've got twice as far to go as

the Santa Fé traders, and over a very different country--erous,

less known, harder to travel We've ons than any

Santa Fé train ever had, and we've hundreds of loose cattle along That

rass we've got to

have or the train stops

"Besides our own call on grass, I know there'll be five thousand Mor--they've crossed the river

froht now We

take what grass they leave us