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"Don't you scare yourself," he answered, drawing her to him, and passing his broad, rough hand caressingly over her chestnut hair. "We'll fix it up somehow or another. You don't find your fancy kind o' lessening for this chap, do you?" A sob and a squeeze of his hand was her only answer. DON'T YOU SCARE YOURSELF HE ANSWERED DRAWING HER UP TO HIM AND PASSING HIS BROAD ROUGH HAND CARESSINGLY OVER HER CHESTNUT HAIR WE'LL FIX IT UP SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER YOU DON'T FIND YOUR FANCY KIND O LESSENING FOR THIS CHAP DO YOU A SOB AND A SQUEEZE OF HIS HAND WAS HER ONLY ANSWER
—she is scarce of an age to marry.” “She shall have a month to choose,” said Young, rising from his seat. “At the end of that time she shall give her answer.” He was passing through the door, when he turned, with flushed face and flashing eyes. “It were better for you, John Ferrier,” he thundered, “that you and she were now lying blanched skeletons upon the Sierra Blanco, than that you should put your weak wills against the orders of the Holy Four!” With a threatening gesture of his hand, he turned from the door, and Ferrier heard his heavy step scrunching along the shingly path. He was still sitting with his elbows upon his knees, considering how he should broach the matter to his daughter when a soft hand was laid upon his, and looking up, he saw her standing beside him. One glance at her pale, frightened face showed him that she had heard what had passed. “I could not help it,” she said, in answer to his look. “His voice rang through the house. Oh, father, father, what shall we do?” E HE SAID AT LAST MY DAUGHTER IS VERY YOUNG SHE IS SCARCE OF AN AGE TO MARRY SHE SHALL HAVE A MONTH TO CHOOSE SAID YOUNG RISING FROM HIS SEAT AT THE END OF THAT TIME SHE SHALL GIVE HER ANSWER HE WAS PASSING THROUGH THE DOOR WHEN HE TURNED WITH FLUSHED FACE AND FLASHING EYES IT WERE BETTER FOR YOU JOHN FERRIER HE THUNDERED THAT YOU AND SHE WERE NOW LYING BLANCHED SKELETONS UPON THE SIERRA BLANCO THAN THAT YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR WEAK WELLS AGAINST THE ORDERS OF THE HOLY FOUR WITH A THREATENING GESTURE OF HIS HAND HE TURNED FROM THE DOOR AND FERRIER HEARD HIS HEAVY STEP SCRUNCHING ALONG THE SHINGLY PATH HE WAS STILL SITTING WITH HIS ELBOWS UPON HIS KNEES CONSIDERING HOW HE SHOULD BROACH THE MATTER TO HIS DAUGHTER WHEN A SOFT HAND WAS LAID UPON HIS AND LOOKING UP HE SAW HER STANDING BESIDE HIM ONE GLANCE AT HER PALE FRIGHTENED FACE SHOWED HIM THAT SHE HAD HEARD WHAT HAD PASSED I COULD NOT HELP IT SHE SAID IN ANSWER TO HIS LOOK HIS VOICE RANG THROUGH THE HOUSE OH FATHER FATHER WHAT SHALL WE DO
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