Under the Tonto Rim (1991)
“"Now--you aim to stay with us awhile, an' then go to Claypool's an' Johnson's an' Miller's an' Sprall's?" "Yes, that is my plan, but no definite time is set. I have all the time there is, as I heard your Uncle Bill say." "Wal, it's a bad idea. It won't do," he declared.
"How? Why?" queried Lucy anxiously.
"First off, you're too young an' pretty," he said, wholly unconscious of the language of compliment.
"Oh!" returned Lucy, almost confused. "But surely, Mr. Denmeade--" "Nobody ever called me m...ister," he interrupted.
"Indeed!...I--well--surely my youth--and my good looks, as you are kind to call them, need not stand in my way?" "Shore they will. If you were an old woman, or even middle-aged, it might do. But you're a girl." "Yes, I am," rejoined Lucy, puzzled and amused. "I can't deny that." Manifestly he regarded his bare statement as sufficient evidence on the point, whatever this was; for he went on to say that the several families would quarrel over her, and it would all end in a a row.MoreLess
"How? Why?" queried Lucy anxiously.
"First off, you're too young an' pretty," he said, wholly unconscious of the language of compliment.
"Oh!" returned Lucy, almost confused. "But surely, Mr. Denmeade--" "Nobody ever called me m...ister," he interrupted.
"Indeed!...I--well--surely my youth--and my good looks, as you are kind to call them, need not stand in my way?" "Shore they will. If you were an old woman, or even middle-aged, it might do. But you're a girl." "Yes, I am," rejoined Lucy, puzzled and amused. "I can't deny that." Manifestly he regarded his bare statement as sufficient evidence on the point, whatever this was; for he went on to say that the several families would quarrel over her, and it would all end in a a row.MoreLess
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