It might not be wise to place himself deliberately in the way of getting a hurt--but youth never did stop to consult a sage before following the lure of a woman's eyes.
He called back to Honey that those instruments ought to have been put in the hayfield, where there was more exercise than the men could use.

"You boys ought to come and see me safe through with it," he added to the loitering group around him.

"I'm afraid of women." They laughed and two or three went with him.

Lew went on to the corral and presently appeared on horseback, riding up to the kitchen and leaving his horse standing at the corner while he went inside and talked to the woman he had called Marian.
Bud was carrying his guitar outside, where it was cooler, when he heard the fellow's arrogant voice.

The dishes ceased rattling for a minute, and there was a sharp exclamation, stifled but unmistakable.
Involuntarily Bud made a movement in that direction, when Honey's voice stopped him with a subdued laugh.
"That's only Lew and Mary Ann," she explained carelessly.