“On’y it’s like hidin’ him in the night. Grampa’s way was t’ come out a-shootin’.’’ Pa said ashamedly, “We can’t do like Grampa done. We got to get to California ’fore our money gives out.’’ Tom broke in, “Sometimes fellas workin’ dig up a man an’ then they raise hell an’ figger he been killed. The gov’ment’s got more interest in a dead man than a live one. They’ll go hell-scrapin’ tryin’ to fin’ out who he was and how he died. I offer we put a note of writin’ in a bottle an’ lay it with Grampa, tellin’ who he is an’ how he died, an’ why he’s buried here.’’ Pa nodded agreement. “Tha’s good.
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