Good morning." At the kind tone her face changed.
"I knew it.

I was riled that mornin' about another thing--somethin' what happened the day before, about Bill," she explained.

"Bill's bad enough when he's in liquor, and I'd have sent him off for good long ago if they had let him alone.

But they're always a-peckin' and a-diggin' at him.
They set him on drinkin' and fightin', and not one of 'em is man enough to stand up to him." She gave a little whimper, and then, as if not trusting herself further, walked hastily away.

Mr.Gilsey said to Gordon soon afterwards: "Well, you've got one friend in Gumbolt as is a team by herself; you've captured Terp.