I've got as good a chance as any other man." "How do you know ?" "Because you're talkin' to me about it," he grinned.

"If you wasn't considerin' me you wouldn't argue with me about it; you'd turn me down cold an' forget it." "I suppose when a man is big and romantic-looking----" "Oh, shucks, ma'am; you'll be havin' me gettin' a swelled head." "He thinks that all he has to do is to look his best." "I expect I've looked my worst since I've been here.

I ain't had a chance to do any moonin' at you." "I don't like men that 'moon,'" she declared.
"That's the reason I didn't do it," he said.
She laughed.

"Now, tell me," she asked, "how you got your name, 'Deal.' It had something to do with cards, I suppose ?" "With weight," he said, looking soberly at her.

"When I was born my dad looked at me sort of nonplussed.