26/49 Ye couldn't please her with clothes, for she wouldn't look at the sun-bonnets and nettle-linen that other gals wore. She must have a neat little bonnet and send to town for pretty dresses.... The women couldn't abide her, for she had a high way of looking at 'em and talking at 'em as if they was jest black trash. I never could jest understand why she took Abe Hanks. 'Twasn't for lack of better offers." "I reckon that's women's ways," said Boone meditatively. |