I wouldn't mind it much, but my wife
never wanted me in a row."
"This girl he was with to-night, has she father or brothers?"
"No, the's jest her an' 'er mother."
"Isn't it pretty risky for her to go with him so much?"
"Oh, I reckon she kin take care o' herse'f; she has that look to me;
besides, she's been warned; my wife an' among 'em has talked to her
plenty o' times. I reckon she knows what he is well enough. Do you
know I had my eye on you an' her to-night?"
"What do you mean, Luke?" Westerfelt managed to avoid meeting the eye
of his host as he put the question. He could not remember ever having
waited for a reply with more concern.
"Oh, I don't know," smiled Bradley, knowingly; "but somehow you an' her
seemed to me to be head an' shoulders above the rest o' that silly
crowd. The idee just popped into my head that you'd make a spankin'
team, an' then ag'in" (Bradley laughed) "I tuck notice that you never
went up to 'er an' talked to her free-like, as you did to most o' the
rest, an' I remembered I wus jest that big a fool when I fust met
Marthy.
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