An' your Uncle Euchre ducked his nut out of the door an' come home." Duane did not have a word to say at the end of Euchre's long harangue.
He experienced relief.

As a matter of fact, he had expected a good deal worse.

He thrilled at the thought of Jennie perjuring herself to save that abandoned woman.

What mysteries these feminine creatures were! "Wal, there's where our little deal stands now," resumed Euchre, meditatively.

"You know, Buck, as well as me thet if you'd been some feller who hadn't shown he was a wonder with a gun you'd now be full of lead.