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"So that was what made her act so strange! ... Poor Lucy! Dick Hardman was a skunk when he was a kid. Now he's a skunk-bitten coyote. Oh, but this is a mess!" "Pan, what can you do?" implored his mother. "Lucy hasn't married him yet? Tell me quick," cried Pan suddenly. "Oh, no. She has only promised. She doesn't trust those men. She wants papers signed to clear her father. They laugh at her.
You're afraid to go near the border. An' your hate of Gene Stewart makes you want to hound him an' put him where he's never been yet in jail. You want to spite his friends. Wal, listen, you lean-jawed, skunk-bitten coyote! Go ahead an' try to arrest him!" Stillwell took one mighty stride off the porch. His last words had been cold. His rage appeared to have been transferred to Hawe.
Venters raised his rifle, ready to take snap shots, and waited for favorable opportunity when Bells was out of line with the forward horses. Venters had it in him to kill these men as if they were skunk-bitten coyotes, but also he had restraint enough to keep from shooting one of Jane's beloved Arabians.
"Nels, you think it useless any attempt to see him persuade him?" asked Madeline. "I shore do, Miss Hammond," replied Nels, gravely. "I've seen a few sun-blinded an' locoed an' snake-poisoned an' skunk-bitten cow-punchers in my day, but Gene Stewart beats 'em all. He's shore runnin' wild fer the divide."
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