"Yet I shore hope she's located yer fer keeps.

Feller says, 'They's no place like home,' and it's several mile to another ranch like that'n', er to another gal like her." "D----n the lawyer!" said the other, after a time of silence, as they rode on together; and Pinky made understanding reply.
"That's what!" said he.

"D----n him, anyhow!" As for Edward Franklin himself, he could not in his moments of wildest egotism assign himself to a place any better than that accorded each member of the clans who rallied about this Southern lady transplanted to the Western plains.

Repulsed in his first unskilled, impetuous advance; hurt, stung, cut to the quick as much at his own clumsiness and failure to make himself understood as at the actual rebuff received.

Franklin none the less in time recovered sufficient equanimity to seek to avail himself of such advantages as still remained; and he resolved grimly that he would persist until at least he had been accepted as something better than a blundering boor.