You know yourself she wouldn't have Jim." "Who's talkin' about her havin' anybody?
But, my Lord! she might let him LOOK at her! She needn't 'a' got so mad, just because he asked her, that she won't let him come in the house any more.

He's a mighty funny boy, and some ways I reckon he's pretty near as hard to understand as the Bible, but Gurney kind o' got me in the way o' thinkin' that if she'd let him come back and set around with her an evening or two sometimes--not reg'lar, I don't mean--why--Well, I just thought I'd see what YOU'D think of it.

There ain't any way to talk about it to Bibbs himself--I don't suppose he'd let you, anyhow--but I thought maybe you could kind o' slip over there some day, and sort o' fix up to have a little talk with her, and kind o' hint around till you see how the land lays, and ask her--" "ME!" Mrs.Sheridan looked both helpless and frightened.

"No." She shook her head decidedly.

"It wouldn't do any good." "You won't try it ?" "I won't risk her turnin' me out o' the house.