The Last Wagon Page #3

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fellas like the sheriff said?

Yep.

Well, could I ask you somethin'?

Sure.

Do you think you'll go to heaven?

Why do you ask?

Well, I was sort of figurin'

on going there myself someday...

and I thought it would be kind

of nice if you were up there too.

We could go scouting

- things like that.

What is it?

Somebody's movin' to

the colonel's wagon.

I'll look.

Got the nerve to do what we said?

My father's mad at me.

He's in his tent over there.

If he catches us, he'd kill us.

How will he know? We'll

be back before dawn.

It'll be fun. Come on.

Sure. Then you'll go around boasting

to the whole camp what we did.

I never went moonlight swimming

alone with a boy in my whole life.

Nobody'll know. If we start now,

we'll be back before moondown.

It'll be dark. Come on.

- I won't tell anybody.

- Where would we undress?

Down there. Think we'd

do it on horseback?

Come on. It'll be our last

swim in a hundred miles.

- I've saddled my horse. - I won't

say I will, and I won't say I won't.

Never mind. I'd rather

take Jolie anyway.

Then go right ahead.

Jolie, how'd you know that-

I heard.

Well, as long as she won't, I will.

Ridge?

I'm ready.

We can't ride three on a horse.

I've only got one saddle.

Well?

Let him ride with you. I'll

- I'll ride bareback on Bell.

- I'm comin' too.

- Shh.

- This is for grown-ups. Beat

it. - Who says you're grown-ups?

- I'll whale the tar out of you. - If

you're not quiet, none of us will swim.

He can ride with me.

- Put your arms around me.

- You bet.

I guess I sure started a mess when

I gave you that puff on that pipe.

Don't fluster yourself, son.

You didn't have no part of it.

Any time I had a hatchet

and Bull Harper was handy-

What happened was as sure as moss

growing on the north side of trees.

- Have either of you seen my brother?

- He's gone swimmin'.

- He what?

- Went swimmin'...

with that show-offy

boy and the two sisters.

Back to the last fordin' place, he said.

- The little devil! - Yes. Got a

lot of devil in him. Real fine boy.

Colonel hears this, he'll be ravin' mad.

Let's not make a fuss. We'll bring

them back ourselves. Nobody need know.

- I'm on guard. - You run along.

Any cause for alarm, I'll holler.

Seems kinda wrong, havin' a

- a prisoner stand guard.

I'm sure his eyes and ears

are as sharp as anyone's.

- All right. I'll go get the handgun.

- Thank you, Mr. Todd.

You sure smell good.

Last one in's an old mule's tail.

Where's your swimsuit?

I'm goin' in raw.

You dare, and I'll take a

switch to your bare bottom.

This naughty boy didn't

even bring a swimsuit.

Neither did I. Beat it downstream.

- Whoo-hoo! - Stay clear

the falls, and no peekin'!

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