It was sickenin', but it was what I wanted.

So then I made him swear he'd free you an' give you up to Moore." "Oh! Oh, Ben, how awful!" whispered Columbine, shuddering.

"How _could_ you tell me such a horrible story ?" "Reckon I wanted you to know how Jack come to make the promises an' what they were." "Promises! What are promises or oaths to Jack Belllounds ?" she cried, in passionate contempt.

"You wasted your breath.

Coward--liar that he is!" "Ahuh!" Wade looked straight ahead of him as if he saw some expected and unpleasant thing far in the distance.