Ye watch
him jist one minute when he looks at the young missus and he
thinks nobody ain't observing him, and ye'll see what ye'll see.
If ye want Marian, ye jist go on and take her. I'm not carin'
whether ye use a club or white vi'lets, but don't ye be lettin'
Marian Thorne get no idea into her head that she is goin' to take
Mr. Pater Morrison, because concernin' Pater I know what I know,
and I ain't goin' to stand by and see things goin' wrong for want
of spakin' up. Now if you're a wise man, ye don't nade nothing
further said on the subject."
Eugene Snow thought intently for a few moments. His vision
centered on Katherine O'Donovan's face.
"You're absolutely sure of this?" he said at last.
"Jist as sure as the sun's sure, and the mountains, and the
seaSons come and go," said Katy with finality. "Watch him and
you'll see it stickin' out all over him. I have picked him for
me boss, and it's jist adorin' that man crature I am."
"What about Miss Linda?" inquired Snow. "Is she adoring him?"
"She ain't nothing but a ganglin' school kid, adorin' the spade
with which she can shoot around that Bear Cat of hers, and race
the canyons, and the rely lovely things she can strike on paper
with her pencil and light up with her joyous colors. Her day and
her hour ain't come, and the Pater man's that fine he won't lay a
finger on her to wake her up when she has a year yet of her
schoolin' before her. But in the manetime it's my job to stand
guard as I'm standin' right now.
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