An' you never used to do that, I'll swan." "No, I don't love Jack--yet--as I ought to love a husband.

But I'll try, and if--if I--I never do--still, it's my duty to marry him." "Some woman ought to talk to Bill Belllounds," declared Mrs.Andrews with a grimness that boded ill for the old rancher.
"Did you know we had a new man up at the ranch ?" asked Columbine, changing the subject.
"You mean the hunter, Hell-Bent Wade ?" "Yes.

But I hate that ridiculous name," said Columbine.
"It's queer, like lots of names men get in these parts.

An' it'll stick.
Wade's been here twice; once as he was passin' with the hounds, an' the other night.

I like him, Columbine.