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“
Is
anybody
on
the
lookout
on
the
Upper
Road
?
”
“
Cutter
.
He
is
on
the
Long
Trestle
.
”
“
Say
,
”
observed
Hooven
,
the
instincts
of
the
old
-
time
soldier
stirring
him
,
“
say
,
dose
feller
pretty
demn
schmart
,
I
tink
.
We
got
to
put
some
picket
way
oudt
bei
der
Lower
Roadt
alzoh
,
und
he
tek
dose
glassus
Mist
’
r
Ennixt
’
r
got
bei
um
.
Say
,
look
at
dose
irregation
ditsch
.
Dot
ditsch
he
run
righd
across
BOTH
dose
road
,
hey
?
Dat
’
s
some
fine
entrenchment
,
you
bedt
.
We
fighd
um
from
dose
ditsch
.
”
In
fact
,
the
dry
irrigating
ditch
was
a
natural
trench
,
admirably
suited
to
the
purpose
,
crossing
both
roads
as
Hooven
pointed
out
and
barring
approach
from
Guadalajara
to
all
the
ranches
save
Annixter
’
s
—
which
had
already
been
seized
.
Gethings
departed
to
join
Cutter
on
the
Long
Trestle
,
while
Phelps
and
Harran
,
taking
Annixter
’
s
field
glasses
with
them
,
and
mounting
their
horses
,
went
out
towards
Guadalajara
on
the
Lower
Road
to
watch
for
the
marshal
’
s
approach
from
that
direction
.
After
the
outposts
had
left
them
,
the
party
in
Hooven
’
s
cottage
looked
to
their
weapons
.
Long
since
,
every
member
of
the
League
had
been
in
the
habit
of
carrying
his
revolver
with
him
.
They
were
all
armed
and
,
in
addition
,
Hooven
had
his
rifle
.
Presley
alone
carried
no
weapon
.
The
main
room
of
Hooven
’
s
house
,
in
which
the
Leaguers
were
now
assembled
,
was
barren
,
poverty
-
stricken
,
but
tolerably
clean
.
An
old
clock
ticked
vociferously
on
a
shelf
.
In
one
corner
was
a
bed
,
with
a
patched
,
faded
quilt
.
In
the
centre
of
the
room
,
straddling
over
the
bare
floor
,
stood
a
pine
table
.
Around
this
the
men
gathered
,
two
or
three
occupying
chairs
,
Annixter
sitting
sideways
on
the
table
,
the
rest
standing
.
“
I
believe
,
gentlemen
,
”
said
Magnus
,
“
that
we
can
go
through
this
day
without
bloodshed
.
I
believe
not
one
shot
need
be
fired
.
The
Railroad
will
not
force
the
issue
,
will
not
bring
about
actual
fighting
.
When
the
marshal
realises
that
we
are
thoroughly
in
earnest
,
thoroughly
determined
,
I
am
convinced
that
he
will
withdraw
.
”
There
were
murmurs
of
assent
.
“
Look
here
,
”
said
Annixter
,
“
if
this
thing
can
by
any
means
be
settled
peaceably
,
I
say
let
’
s
do
it
,
so
long
as
we
don
’
t
give
in
.
”
