I don't want him to ketch me--he was a friend of my dad's, an' puttin' him out of business wouldn't help me none." "Will you be safe, then ?" she asked fearfully.
"I reckon.

But I won't be stoppin' at the line.

I'm through here; there's nothin' here to hold me.

I reckon I'll never come back this way.

Shucks!" he added, leaving the door and coming back a little way into the room; "I expect I'm excited.