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At the moment I did not see the veiled tenderness of this speech, but thought of nothing better than to tell her that I was going no further up the river than Fort Leavenworth. "Um-hum!" she said. "Say, mister, mebbe that's yore wife back there in the kebbin in the middle of the boat?" "No, indeed. In fact I did not know there was any other lady on the boat besides yourself.
If I was merried to you I dunno but I'd be a leetle bit jealous o' you. Say, I may be a widder almost any day now. Somebody'll shore kill Danny Calkins 'fore long." "And, according to you, I may be a married man almost any day," I replied, smiling. "But you ain't merried yit." "No, not yet," I answered. "Well, if you git a chanct you take a look at that gal back there in the kebbin."
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