Jest then Frank come to an' started to rise, but
Toot sent 'im back with a kick in the face, an' helt 'im down with 'is
boot on 'is neck. Andy backed out of the door, an' then Toot ordered
Uncle Mack to play, an' tried to get the girls to dance with 'im, but
nobody would, so he danced by 'isse'f, while Doc White an' Mis' Lumpkin
worked on the wounded men in the next room. Since then Toot has al'ays
wore his hat at dances. He swore he never would go to one unless he
did."
Westerfelt laughed. "Who's the young lady?" he asked.
"Harriet Floyd. Her mother keeps the hotel. They 'ain't been here so
mighty long; they're Tennessee folks."
"Sweethearts?"
"Don't know. He's 'er very shadder. I reckon she likes that sort of a
man; she's peculiar, anyway."
"How do you mean?"
"I don't know, but she is." Jennie shrugged her shoulders. "She don't
git on with us. In a crowd o' girls she never has much to say; it
always seemed to me she was afraid somebody would find out some'n'
about 'er. She never mentions Tennessee. But she's a great favorite
with all the boys.
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