"I'd rather we'd gone on tonight, but Doc's got a point. Boy ain't no use to us hurt." He passed his austere eyes over the rest of them. "I told you to keep your eyes open earlier, well, it goes doubly up now. The Gulch never been no kind town, and it ain't become better now. If you want to go down there, I won't stop you, but I expect all of you to keep watch over the cattle tonight - we're givin' Merrick a big enough chance to make trouble just staying here without leaving the stock out of sight. And I expect all to be sober 'nuff to aim a gun and to keep awake through your shifts, 'cause we're gonna take turns watchin' them. If you're not, well, we won't be bringing you along in the mornin', and you won't be gettin' no pay."
Amos looked to his wife for a moment. It didn't feel right to keep the ladies out under the sky when there were beds so close nearby, but he couldn't afford to split up the group. "
I'll be taking Ilfideme to a doctor, though I'd appreciate if Doc came along - we can use the Reverend's wagon. Ezhno, Moreau (Because the deaf-dumb caravaneer needs a name
) and Daithi will stay here with my family and make camp, and the Missus'll make us some supper. The rest of you are free to do as you wish. If somebody were to go down and see if there's any rumours goin' around about us or Merrick's doing's, I'd be thankful, though."
((Sorry for being a general ass and taking so long to post. I put Firelordsky's character to work with the camp, in case he doesn't write a post. If you do though, Firelord, you needn't consider it an order if you'd rather join in with whatever shenanigans is going to take place downtown
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