19/30 Suddenly he asked, "How old is she, Liz ?" And the woman answered in a strange and husky voice. We've had her better'n ten years--an' Mooney's crazy as a loon to git her. He'll pay!" "Jed--" The woman's voice rose above its hoarseness. "Jed--it ain't right!" The man laughed. He opened his mouth wide, until his yellow fangs gleamed in the sun, and the girl with the axe paused for a moment in her work, and flung back her head, staring at the two before the cabin door. |