Then, too, Nellie likes you, and she's his idol, you know.

Ah hum!" He sighed and, for a moment, seemed to forget me altogether.

I reminded him by another question.
"But why should the captain think of me for this place ?" I asked.

"Why should he dream that I would take it?
I gave you no encouragement." "I don't know as he did dream it.

But he and I were speaking of you and he said he'd like to do something to show you what the town thought of your holding out against Colton.