"May I ask your name ?" she added, as the girl, whom she judged was not much past twenty years of age, stepped out into the open.
"Ah'm Julie." That was the only information vouchsafed by the caller, and the only words she spoke for nearly the entire half hour of her stay.

The Overland girls plied her with questions, and by a nod in answer to their question learned that Julie was the daughter of the woman they had called on shortly before.

They called her by her first name, though now and then Emma would address her as "Miss Thompson," which seemed to perplex Julie.
"My Paw mebby'll drive ye folks off.

He don't like no strangers in these parts," she finally jerked out.
"It will not be necessary.

We shall be moving on in a few days," replied Grace.
"Paw don't want no strangers," insisted the girl stubbornly.