And Jean retorted that at least one member of the Isbels; should hold out against folly and fight and love and marriage, the agents which had reduced the family to these few present.

"I'll be the last Isbel to go under," he concluded.
"Son, you're talkin' wisdom," said his father.

"An' shore that reminds me of the uncle you're named after.

Jean Isbel! ...

Wal, he was my youngest brother an' shore a fire-eater.