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"She thinks well, you see, she says I'm very young, and and " "Ah, I tho't mebbe ther's suthin' agin him. You see, Rosie, ther' mustn't be anythin' agin the man you marry. He's got to be a jo-dandy clear thro'. I " "But I'm not going to marry Lord Vinceps, you silly, at least I don't think so. Besides," as an afterthought, "it's nothing to you who I marry." "Wal, no.
She was returning to a lighter manner as she contemplated the cattle-thief's successes. "Cattle, mail-trains, mail-carts nothing came amiss to him. In his own line Peter was a Jo-dandy." Her face flushed as she proceeded. The half-breed blood in her was stirred in all its passionate strength. "But he'd never have slipped the coyote sheriffs or the slick red-coats so long as he did without my help.
Wi' me in it we could 'a' sent our gold down to the bank by the dogs, an', bein' as my shack's so far from here, no one 'ud ever 'a' found whar the yeller come from. It 'ud 'a' been a real fine game a jo-dandy game. An' it's worked clear out?" he asked again, as though to make certain that he had heard aright. "Bottomed right down to the bedrock. Maybe ye'd like to see fer yourself?"
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