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The small group of riders in that clearing in Thunder Canyon sat silent on ponies that pawed the ground restlessly. The old woman who stood before them, gun in hand, whistled shrilly. Out of the cabin bounded a dog, a huge mastiff.
"Kind of thinkin' things over now, ain't ye? " the woman cackled. "You fellers jest keep yer hands on the pommels of yer saddles-no lower. What's the idee, scarin' peaceful folks outen their sleep?"