But when Deets mentioned the storm, he simply mounted and rode into the river. Augustus usually cooked breakfast, catering to his own interests entirely and drawing many complaints July wasn't listening. I doubt there was ever a thousand Comanches in one bunch, he said.
I told him to bring them horses. Though no one had seen it, he held a long-barreled pistol in his off hand, and when Dish grappled with him he used it like a club, hitting Dish twice in the head with the butt. In his five years as a lawman he had never shot anyone, though he had a reputation as a dangerous fighter. She's barely a mile from here, Augustus said.
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