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hector didnt get a very warm welcome from his cusin. in fact he didnt get a welcome at all. roberto told him he would bring trouble to his house and he needed to leave. hector rode his give out horse away from the front gate of robertos house. he needed another horse. a good careing horseman would have led the animal, but not hector. he rode. at the edge of tucson stood a livery stable. hectore turned in there and told the owner he needed to change horses. the livery man walked around hectors horse and saw the quality of the animal even tho the horse was rode down to a pile of soap bones. he traded hector a good stout horse and took the elias horse in trade but still charged elias enough money to pay for two horses. elias was in a hurry to leave town he didnt argue. in ruby the crew at the encampment was cleaning up the mess from the night before. maxine stood to one side and watched as andy and harry carried eppis body away to the hill side. they would bury him there in a unmarked grave, del sat in his bed roll propped up against the wagon "see what i mean lady? he would have used you for trade down south. and when that bunch was through you they might of just discarded you or maybe cut your throat and walked away. andy and harry saved your tail feathers last night. thats all that sack of silver down there will get you, is scorched tail feathers." maxine s complection was like a bucket of skim milk. that was the first time del had gone to the trouble to explain what could happen across the border. her hands were shakeing. he had taken a bullit for her, her brother and andy had killed for her, just to save her from the enslavement. she had to rethink this silver thing.