as he turned to take his place at the card table , the low rumble of awed discussion was already beginning in the saloon . it would be a story almost every man in the place would tell and retell countless times in the coming years . the time wyatt bass shot the cowboy in the dixie darling saloon . the two bystanders grabbed the cowboy by both of his arms , ignoring his howls of pain as they hauled him to his feet , and dragged him from the
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he knew the girl was an untrained preytell , but she could n't have known he was an alien all along . it was too farfetched . izzian decided to let her believe whatever she wanted to believe . it was a lesson that had been hard learned . they counted to three and then ripped open their school schedules . '' this ca n't be , '' eliza said in confusion , rechecking her
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'' that 's over a hundred miles off , wade . what do you wan na go down there for ? '' '' my business is none of your business , '' wade said in fact . '' i just want you to drive me down there and back . '' henry shook his head . '' what crazy notion do you have in your head ,
wade