Two of 'em are over there now; they work in Cryder's store Christmas and New Year's, and they get taken on extra." "Any others ?" "You mean fancies ?" "No--straight, decent women, who may live around here and who come regularly in for their meals." "Oh, yes--but they don't stay long.

And then"-- he nodded toward the group--"they don't want 'em to stay--no money in grub.

Just a bluff they've put up." "Have you come across your wife since I saw you ?" "No, and don't want to.

I've got all over that.

A man's a damn fool to get crazy over a woman, and a bigger damn fool to keep worryin' when she goes back on him.