In fact--if you remember--I came over here purposely to defeat them." "But if there was no scheme to control cattle there would have been no incentive to cut my fence," he said, impatiently.
"Perhaps some other persons would have cut it," she answered; "criminals are everywhere.

Please don't preach to me, Mr.Lawler," she added, pleadingly.

"I--I think you ought to be glad that I came--aren't you ?" He smiled grimly.

"Well, I am not going to turn you out into the storm." Getting out some cooking utensils he began to prepare breakfast.

She watched him for an instant, and then went to the north window, rubbed a hole through the frost and tried to look out.