Chapter Sixty Four:
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STATEN DROVE BACK to headquarters, feeling as if he hadn’t slept in weeks. His shoulder and arm ached, but he refused to put the sling back on. He could handle the pain. First, he needed to check on his men.
He found most of them in the bunkhouse having breakfast, as if they hadn’t been up all night. After half a pot of coffee and half an hour of talk, he told them all to sleep in shifts and run a lean crew for what had to be done.
The foreman and Jake took over, making assignments, and the cowhands groaned as they moved away from the table.
Staten headed back to his truck. He had one more errand to do before calling it a night. Dan Brigman had been by his side all night, and the sheriff’s work probably wouldn’t be done for hours. Staten wanted to help any way h
