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Now that it was over and Frank had his man, he was more relaxed. But Frank was still eager to get home to Amarillo to check on his brother Abe. Nevertheless, it was his idea to stop early.
“The horses need the rest,” he said. But the first thing he did was help Ben off his horse and cut off the ropes binding his hands.
“I ain’t going to give you no trouble,” Ben said, rubbing his hands.
“No,” Frank said, “I expect you ain’t.” Then he said, or rather barked, “Scout!”
Scout walked over.
“Anything you can do about them wounds?”
Scout walked up and examined Ben, smelling his face and looking into his eyes, and then he went back to his pony and rooted around in some pouch and came out with a buffalo udder bowl and a bunch of herbs. He soon had a small fire going and the herbs bubbled
