I don't want them to kill you--I like you! Come!' "She pulled at me, trying to drag me toward the bridge.

I didn't have any objections to her liking me as much as she pleased, for she was a beauty--I found that out afterward, of course; but though I couldn't see her face very well just them, I liked her voice and knew she must be good to look at.

But I didn't like the idea of leaving the other boys, and told her so.
"'You'll all be killed, anyway,' she said, all excited.

'They might as well die now as later.

They'll kill you, too, if you go back!' "That was logic, all right, but I'd have gone back anyway if I hadn't heard Nebraska and Taylor working their guns just then.