It would mean a lot more chores for him, undoubtedly, for the Captain only trusted the two of them with certain chores. Hutto had two shotgun shells in his hand but he didn't try to shove them in the shotgun. He went back out on the porch and sank on the steps, as if at the end of his strength. He felt he would cry.
His wife and son watched the Suggses approach. You might try to load that gear on them mules, he said to Pea. Usually he chose to wake Pea by kicking him in one foot, although even that wasn't really safe--Pea was tall and who knew when he might snap up and make a lunge. Then suddenly a bunch of running cattle appeared night in front of him, fifty on sixty of them.
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