I don't want to make no trouble, but you just got to quit pestering me." The big fellow sneered.

"I 'lowed you might change your mind 'bout that some day.

Jim ain't goin' t' say nothin' t' me, an' if he did, words don't break no bones.

I'm a heap th' best man in this neck o' th' woods, an' your Paw knows hit.

You know it, too." Under his look, the blood rushed to the girl's face in a burning blush.