I have encountered so many curious people and have heard so many curious things during the past twenty-four hours.

You don't believe in concealing your thoughts out here in the wilderness, do you ?" "I haven't expressed _my_ thoughts," he corrected.

"I was telling you what _they_ think." "Oh-h-h--I beg your pardon again!" "Not at all," he answered lightly, and now his eyes were laughing frankly into her own.

"I don't mind informing you," he went on, "that I am the biggest curiosity you will meet between this side of the mountains and the sea.

I am not accustomed to championing women.