\"ButthisyereyoungMoonisobduratean\'goesoveran\'giveshimse\'ftotheagent，whoputsituphe\'llsendhimtoPrescotttobetriedinco\'tforbeefin\'themule-thiefApachethata-way。
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upthreehours，thatnephyisnothin\'butamem\'ry。
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pegshimoutlikehe\'sahidethey\'regoin\'todry。Thar\'sabiganthillcloseathand；it\'swithreferencetothisyereantcolonythatthenephyisstakedout。InthreehoursfromthetunethemantsgetsthewordfromtheApaches，they\'vedoneeatthenephyup，an\'thelastvestitchofhimplumbdisappearswiththelastant，asthelatterresoomeshislaborsondertheearth。