Then I remembered I had forgotten to include a can in which to boil my eggs.
I stopped and built a small fire. Cutting off a nice thick slab of salt pork, I roasted it, and with a piece of cold corn bread made a sandwich.
Putting out my fire, I was on my way again. I ate as I trotted along. I felt much better.
I came into Tahlequah from the northeast. At the outskirts of town, I hid my flour sack and provisions, keeping the gunny sack.
I walked into town. I was scared of Tahlequah and the people. I had never seen such a big town and so many people.
There was store after store, some of them two stories high.
The wagon yard had wagons on top of wagons; teams, buggies, and horses.
Two young ladies about my age stopped, stared at me, and then giggled.
My blood boiled, but I could understand. After all, I had three sisters. They couldn’t help it because they were womenfolks.
I went on. I saw a big man coming up the street. The bright shiny star on his vest looked as big as a bucket.
I saw the long, black gun at his side and I froze in my tracks.
I’d heard of sheriffs and marshals, but had never seen one.
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