He was so mad he hurt her sore leg.

You know Jen got thet injury fightin' off one of them devils in the dark.

An' when I seen Bland twist her--hurt her--I had a queer hot feelin' deep down in me, an' fer the only time in my life I wished I was a gun-fighter.
"Wal, Jen amazed me.

She was whiter'n a sheet, an' her eyes were big and stary, but she had nerve.

Fust time I ever seen her show any.
"'Jennie,' he said, 'my wife said Duane came here to see you.