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aggravation as more than that number of outlaws are constantly in our midst.

I have no road to escape or I would fall back from Marshall. If I do not get assistance soon, I shall be obliged to take the brush.

We are momentarily expecting a band from Arkansas to join the band here to avenge the death of their comrade Griffith. We sleep upon our arms. I change my lodging nightly, as they threaten to burn the house that holds me. 

We can make a respectable fight for I can depend upon a few. The balance sympathize with the outlaws and many who pretend to be my friend would be the first to kill me in the raid.