I would hate to think Martha had pined herself sick.
I couldn't shut my eyes to the fact we was engaged to each other legal, all right.

And if she wanted to act mean about it and take it to a court it would likely be binding on me.

Then I says to myself is she is mean enough to do that I'll be derned if I don't go to jail before I marry her, and stay there.
And then my conscience got to working inside of me agin.

And a picture of her getting thin and not eating her vittles regular and waiting and waiting fur me to show up, and me never doing it, come to me.

And I felt sorry fur poor Martha, and thought mebby I would marry her jest to keep her from dying.