the sergeant paused at a store to get provisions. They tied up their
horses and were heading inside when the sergeant asked Tom
where his Winchester rifle was. Tom told him that it was in his
scabbard, on his horse. The sergeant, a man of explosive
temperament, yelled, “You don’t never do that!...Go get your
Winchester right now and bring it in here, and keep it right with
you all the time.”
In back row, from left to right, are Tom’s brothers Doc, Dudley,
and Coley. In front are Tom’s father, his grandfather, and then Tom.
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