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The Sagebrusher

CHAPTER XXIV
12/19

"One woman is bad enough--but now there's two of them." "Two won't be as much trouble as one," said Doctor Barnes.
As he turned he saw standing in the door a figure which to him suddenly seemed pathetic.

It was Mary Gage.

She was looking out now vaguely.
He did not even go over to say good-by.
In the meantime Annie Squires, not backward in her relations with mankind, again engaged Wid Gardner in conversation as they stood at the edge of the yard, and Wid's downcast head bespoke his lack of happiness at what he heard.
"I never in all my born days saw a joint like this," said Annie, her dark eyes snapping.

"It ain't fit for cowboys--it ain't fit for nobody.

Her _married_ to him! And how on earth are we going to keep it from her?
If she ever knew--my God! it would break her heart--she'd kill herself now if she knew the truth.


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