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`` But ca n't you think of some other way ? '' she repeated . `` I 've got to get that line house on th ' hill , '' he went on , not heeding her question . `` Juan told me three days ago , that they 've put a guard in it now -- but I 'll have it by noon to-morrow , for I 've been thinking hard since then . An ' once in it , they ca n't take it from me ! With that in my hands I can laugh at 'em , for I can drive my cows over th ' line close by it , down th ' other side of th ' hill , an ' into th ' valley near th ' springs . They 'll be under my guns in th ' line house , an ' let anybody try to drive 'em out again !