> > > > > > i can't ever get to talk to the boarder on my left at dinner. i've talked to the other two (button lady and piano man) but the one on the left is always busy talking to someone else, i've tried several times but it won't let me interrupt and then dinner gets served so i run out of tries.
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> > > > > You shouldn't have to go to dinner again til your trying to track someone down. can't tell, with no inventory list. Did you get the button returned to the lady ?
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> > > > ahh, sorry, i should ahve known to post my inventory list. i'll nip in and get it now..
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> > > > 27 Dollars
> > > > Wood
> > > > Key
> > > > Map
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> > > > Your Gun
> > > > Hat Pin
> > > > Playing Cards
> > > > Cabbage
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> > > > Matches
> > > > Feather
> > > > Cord
> > > > Spittoon
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> > > > i've just kind of got to a dead end. can't find any more places to go, i've been back to the places i've been before and don't seem to ahve any extra options, but i'm probably just not looking hard enough (or enough times, knowing this game..lol). i've looked through the posts on here by people who'd got stuck and didn't know what to do next, but i'm already past those and have been to, done or got the places, things and items they were told to try next, so i'm stumped. probably not cut out to be a sheriff after all..lol
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> > > AH sheriff ! the question is now, do you believe your witness ? kind of a batty old lady, don't you know. I think you ought to verify her story, maybe with a guy who seems to be hungry all the time. He might be able to give you some help--- or at least a destination.
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> > ahh, i know who you mean ;-) i'll go see him next, thanks for the help
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> hmmm, got quite a long way but now i'm a dollar short to buy him something else he wants. i have $3 and need $4, where's the last one? i think i've been everywhere so far so not sure how i've missed it. i have the one from melvin's owner, so there must be another one somewhere that i'm missing...who do i need to go annoy to get given one more dollar?

Hmm. well, is it possible you got this far without getting into a skirmish with an Indian ? If so, you've been in too much of a hurry. You need to relax, "rest" at every opportunity. these are such looong rides by horseback. timing is everything, right ?
Take another horseback ride, but "rest" whenever possible.