You know when I say a thing it's got to be, and I mean to make him know it, too," asserted the young Amazon.

"I'll have him driven out of town, and if there ain't any one here that's man enough to do it, I'll do it myself." This declaration she framed with an imprecation sufficiently strong if an oath could make it so.
That evening Tim Gilsey came in to see Keith.

He looked rather grave.
"I am sorry you did not drop in, if it was for no more than to git supper," he said.

"Terpy is a bad one to have against you.

She's the kindest gal in the world; but she's got a temper, and when a gal's got a temper, she's worse'n a fractious leader." "I don't want her against me; but I'll be hanged if I will be driven into going anywhere that I don't want to go," asserted Keith.
"No, I don't say as you should," said the old driver, his eye resting on Keith with a look that showed that he liked him none the less for his pluck.