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Red looked up irritably"What the hell you gonna use for money? I thought you lost it all up on the hill They had been playing poker every day"Listen, Red," he confided, "they ain't ever a time when Ah been brokeAh don't claim to be no poker player, but Ah'll bet ya they ain't many men who can say they busted me in a game Actually he had lost all his money, but an obscure pride kept him from admitting itAt this moment, Wilson was not thinking of what he would do if he could find some whisky without having the money to purchase itHe was interested only in finding the whiskyJus' lemme see some likker, he thought, an' Ah'll fin' a way to drink it
He got up and walked awayIn about fifteen minutes he returned grinningHe sat down beside Croft and Martinez, and began to poke at the ground with a twig he was holding"Listen," he said, "they's a little ole mess sergeant here who's got a still out in the woods yonderAh was talkin' to him, and Ah manipilated him into settin' us a price
"How much?" Croft asked
"Well, Ah'll tell ya," Wilson said, "it's kinda highHe been usin' canned peaches and apricots and raisins with lots of sugar and yeastHe let me sample it, an' it's goddam good
"How much?" Croft asked again
"Well, now, he wants twenty-five of them pounds for three canteens fullAh never could figger out them damn pounds, but Ah reckon it ain't much over fifty dollarsIt's all of eighty bucksThat's pretty steep for jus' three canteens"Yeah, but then what the hell, we're jus' gonna get our haids blown off tomorrow He paused and then added, "Ah tell ya, we can get Red and Gallagher in on it, and then it jus' makes five pound apiece 'cause they'll be five of u