"I don't know why there air mo' thieves in town than in the country," he
said, and Margaret challenged his admiration and aroused his surprise by
remarking:
"I reckon it's because there air mo' folks in town."
He told her that she was gifted with fine reason and that the one saying
alone was more than enough to pay her passage.
As they drew nearer to town she began to grow nervous, but, with her
woman's tact, exhibited no astonishment at what she saw; nor did she,
after entering a busy street, show that she had ever been accustomed to
a scene less lively. They drove straightway to the jail, and when
tremulously she inquired for Jasper, they told her that he was not
there.
* * * * *
In the mountains Tom and Lou were sojourning in a little town, when by
chance they heard of the old man's arrest. At first Lou was overcome
with alarm and grief, but her husband charmed her back to enthusiasm and
to smiles.
"Why," said he, "they will take him before my father, and as soon as I
get there the governor will turn him loose--be tickled to do it.
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