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Lonesome Dove Daily

@lonesomedove.horse
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 5h
Clara sat in a straight chair, holding the child.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 11h
Augustus decided to use the carbine he had taken off the Indian boy as a crutch.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 18/10/2026
“Why didn’t you bring him?”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 18/10/2026
“You don’t have to hold him like that—he ain’t a newspaper.” July tried it.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 17/10/2026
The mule skinners looked up in surprise—the gambler had the wind knocked out of him so thoroughly that he waved his arms in the air, his mouth open, afraid he would die before he could draw another breath.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 17/10/2026
The Captain seemed to feel the horses deserved a short rest; he stayed on the ground, looking in the direction of the fleeing cattle.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 16/10/2026
“If we had we could heat some water for you, but as it is you’ll just have to rough it. The rain’s stopped. The creek could start going down any time, and the more water in it the better for you. Get out in the middle and pretend you’re a muskrat.” Pea Eye was half a mind not to go.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 16/10/2026
That night Augustus stopped to rest his horse, making a cold camp on a little bluff and eating some jerky he had brought along.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 16/10/2026
The doctor never asked her about money.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 15/10/2026
So she had a reputation in the town before she even unpacked her clothes.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 15/10/2026
“All right, Bol, do you want a horse?” he asked.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 14/10/2026
He had never known what to think about women, and still didn’t, but so far as actions went he was content to take his cue from the Captain, whose cue was plain.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 14/10/2026
“I’ll lead yours, Jake,”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 13/10/2026
“Dish Boggett is a top hand,” Augustus said.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 13/10/2026
To make matters worse, Dish Boggett was standoffish and made no attempt to make friends with him.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 12/10/2026
“Two girls, I believe,” Jake said.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 12/10/2026
Without giving it much thought, Mosby had started something that nothing seemed to stop.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 11/10/2026
Clara was businesslike about it, telling him what to do when he was slow.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 11/10/2026
Just tired, she thought.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 10/10/2026
Elmira didn’t want to go.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 10/10/2026
“Where’s Blue Duck, Lorie?” he asked.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 09/10/2026
“I’d like to steal a whole goddamn herd and sell it,” Dan said.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 09/10/2026
“I also brought a bottle,” Wilbarger said.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 08/10/2026
But it always came back, for sooner or later men around the campfires or the wagon or the outfit would begin to talk of whores, and the thought of Maggie would sting his mind as sweat stings a cut.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 08/10/2026
“He ain’t got no horse and maybe he’s crippled.”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 07/10/2026
She could tell him she beat Gus to the tune of fifty dollars, which would astonish him, since he played with Gus all the time and seldom won more than a few dollars.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 07/10/2026
The girls had cooked the meal, and she directed the serving with only a glance now and then.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 06/10/2026
The boy looked so lonesome that he was reminded of his own father, who had never been comfortable with people.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 06/10/2026
“And what did you accomplish in all that time?”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 05/10/2026
He began to remember all the stories he had heard about how tricky Indians were and decided these were just laughing to trick him.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 05/10/2026
The waters were rapidly receding.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 04/10/2026
It was spring—what few buffalo were left would be moving north, and what buffalo hunters were left would be gathered at the old fort, getting ready for a last hide harvest.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 04/10/2026
“You’re welcome to look it over, if you’re still short.”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 03/10/2026
Mr. Gus knelt beside him.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 03/10/2026
“We got two horses but they won’t do for the wagon. Anyway, we might get some hides while you’re driving the wagon.”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 02/10/2026
He felt so weak himself that if he hadn’t been braced against the porch railing he might have rolled off the steps.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 02/10/2026
“It was a still night and we had ’em bedded down.”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 01/10/2026
“We ain’t in no big hurry.”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 01/10/2026
“Nope,” Augustus said.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 30/09/2026
“I’ll help,” Lorena said.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 30/09/2026
He was tired of seeing his family only in dreams.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 29/09/2026
Maybe one of them, having nothing to do, had decided to float along ahead of him, guiding him to the Yellowstone.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 29/09/2026
“There are plenty that need killing besides you two.”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 28/09/2026
“We’re in for a shooting match. And tie the horses in the best cover you can find, or they’ll shoot ’em. This is long country to be afoot in.”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 28/09/2026
“I’m Augustus McCrae,” Augustus said.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 27/09/2026
Women died, went crazy or left.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 27/09/2026
“When they’re good and drunk we’ll come along the creekbed and surprise ’em.” Augustus watched for a few minutes.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 26/09/2026
“What about you, Spoon?”
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 26/09/2026
She knew she had come to a hard place and had no one to help her.
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Lonesome Dove Daily @lonesomedove.horse · 25/09/2026
Pea Eye at once started walking as fast as he could.
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