17/25 She ain't altogether ignorant--she knows how to climb on a horse, anyway, and she kicked about having to ride sideways on account of her skirts. And she never mentioned Bob, nor anybody else excepting some fellow she called Charlie. She thought I was him, but she only talked to me friendly. She didn't pull any love talk at all." "Charlie ?" Pop ruminated over a fresh quid of tobacco. "Charlie! Mebby Bob, he stakes himself to a different name now and then. |