This new development put him in a quandary. Whiskey had no effect on any of them except little Eddie, who turned red-eyed and wobbly after five or six turns. A tickle of amusement took her. Let 'em go.
Jake could see he longed to go for his gun--only he had no gun. Hardly a day passed without him seeing what he thought were signs that Clara was taken with the man. But to his surprise, the minute he stepped inside the door of the post office his optimism gave way in a flash to bitter depression. The discussions around the campfire began to focus mainly on storms.
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