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ant stuck in the coil of the tie-rope under the seat of the buck-board. You can't miss it when you go to tie the team."
"And Sam," she added, raising her voice to a shout, for her father had already departed corralward, "be back by seven. I'm gonna make a lemon pie."
Her father waved a comprehending hand and disappeared behind the blacksmith shop.
"You see," said Billy Wingo, with a smirk of self-satisfaction, "the male parent approves. The last obstacle is removed. Be a sport. Take a chance. You might go farther and fare worse."
"I doubt it, William. Not that you aren't a nice boy and all that sort of thing. However, tell sister why you seek her company this morning?"
"Oh, yes, of course, sister not being a good excuse for coming, I did another reason. I have a fresh bale of news for her li'l pink ear. Last night I was approached--" He paused dramatically.
"How much did he try to borrow?" Sally Jane inquired indifferently.
"What did the old thief want?" Sally Jane brutally wished to know.
"So Tip came with Rafe, did he? And you mean to tell me you didn't even miss your watch after they'd gone? You didn't? They must be sick, the pair of them. What did they do?"
"Offered me the nomination for sheriff!"
Sally Jane sat up abruptly, stuck her finger in her mouth, then held it up to catch the vagrant breeze.
"The wind's still in the west," she said, making her eyes round as saucers. "And you are still sitting there as large as life, and I'm here alive and in my right mind!" Here she pinched her forearm. "That hurt," she added. "I really am not dreaming. They want you for sheriff, huh?"
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