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Not that he had wronged her; she had wronged him: she had married him. And the fear of one's own wife is the worst fear in the world. But though his heart went out to women, and his tongue was of the race that beguiles, he stood to his "lines" like a man, and people wondered. Even Wonta, the daughter of Foot-in-the-Sun, only bent him, she could not break him to her will.
Pierre was leaning against a door smoking, not far away. Macavoy's voice became louder. "'Stand them up wan by wan, says I, 'and give me a leg loose, and a fist free; and at that " "At that there was thunder and fire in the sky, and because the great Macavoy blew his breath over them they withered like the leaves," cried Wonta, laughing; but her laugh had an edge.
"Come away with me where she'll not find you." "An' where's that, Pierre darlin'?" "I'll tell you that when to-night's fighting's over. Have you a mind for Wonta?" he continued. "I've a mind for Wonta an' many another as fine, but I'm a married man," he said, "by priest an' by book; an' I can't forget that, though the woman's to me as the pit below." Pierre looked curiously at him.
She should die, but then some women have no sense." "The other woman!" said Wonta, starting to her feet; "who is the other woman?" Old Foot-in-the-Sun waked and sat up, but seeing that it was Pierre, dropped again to sleep. Pierre, he knew, was no peril to any woman. Besides, Wonta hated the half-breed, as he thought.
What occurred in the tent Pierre never quite knew, but presently he saw Wonta run out in a frightened way, followed by the five half-breeds, who carried themselves awkwardly. Behind them again, with head shaking from one side to the other, travelled Macavoy; and they all marched away towards the Fort. "Well," said Pierre to Wonta, "he is amusing, eh? so big a coward, eh?"
"Says Father Nolan to me," says he, "tis till death us do part, an' no man put asunder'; an' I'll stand by that, though I'd slice out the bist tin years av me life, if I niver saw her face again." "But the girl, Wonta what a queen she'd make!" "Marry her yourself, and be king yourself, and be damned to you! For she, like the rest, laughed in me face, whin I told thim of the day whin I "
Then came a time when, tiring of his kingship, he journeyed south, leaving all behind, even his queen, Wonta, who, in her bed of cypresses and yarrow, came forth no more into the morning. About Fort Guidon they still gave him his title, and because of his guilelessness, sincerity, and generosity, Pierre called him "The Simple King."
"Come away with me where she'll not find you." "An' where's that, Pierre darlin'?" "I'll tell you that when to-night's fighting's over. Have you a mind for Wonta?" he continued. "I've a mind for Wonta an' many another as fine, but I'm a married man," he said, "by priest an' by book; an' I can't forget that, though the woman's to me as the pit below." Pierre looked curiously at him.
"O ho!" he exclaimed. "So it you, da station-man boy, eh? An' you da one whata help Hennessy get away, eh? "An' whata now you do wid dis?" he demanded fiercely, indicating the lantern. "If you can't guess, I'm not going to tell you," declared Alex stoutly, though his heart was in his throat. "O ho! You wonta, eh?
Not that he had wronged her; she had wronged him: she had married him. And the fear of one's own wife is the worst fear in the world. But though his heart went out to women, and his tongue was of the race that beguiles, he stood to his "lines" like a man, and people wondered. Even Wonta, the daughter of Foot-in-the-Sun, only bent him, she could not break him to her will.
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