Did you say this was desert ?" "I shore did.

Wal, there's a hoss blanket under the seat, an' you can have that," he replied, and, climbing to the seat in front of Carley, he took up the reins and started the horses off at a trot.
At the first turning Carley became specifically acquainted with the driver's meaning of a bad day.

A gust of wind, raw and penetrating, laden with dust and stinging sand, swept full in her face.

It came so suddenly that she was scarcely quick enough to close her eyes.

It took considerable clumsy effort on her part with a handkerchief, aided by relieving tears, to clear her sight again.