... . "I got hurt four years ago," he said. "they"ll can me purty soon. Jus as" soon as I can't swamp out on no bunk houses they"ll put me on the county. Maybe if I give you guys my money, you"ll let me hoe in the garden." (88) The friendship at times is a real friendship because he generally wants someone to talk ... ...

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... tells him that if he tells the boss to ban her from the barn she would get him hung, he simply replies yes ma'am'. Crooks spends his time alone reading and is a fairly knowledgeable person, as he owns a copy of the California civil code for 1905' He also plays horseshoes until dark, but is not allowed into the bunkhouse to ... ...

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