Jack, you'll not buck ag'in' this deal ?" "That depends," replied Jack.

"I'd marry `most any girl you wanted me to.

But if Columbine were to flout me as she used to--why, I'd buck sure enough....

Dad, are you sure she knows nothing, suspects nothing of where you--you sent me ?" "Son, I swear she doesn't." "Do you mean you'd want us to marry soon ?" "Wal, yes, as soon as Collie would think reasonable.

Jack, she's shy an' strange, an' deep, too.