An' when he talks of them his fever gets worse.
Who's Delilah, an' who's Kate?"
"They's one an' the same person," said Mrs. Daniels. "It do beat all
how blind men are!"
"Are we now?" said her husband with some heat. "An' what good would it
do even if we knowed that they was the same?"
"Because if we could locate the girl they's a big chance she'd bring
him back to reason. She'd make his brain quiet, an' then his body'll
take care of itself, savvy?"
"But they's a hundred Kates in the range," said Sam. "Has he said her
last name, Buck, or has he given you any way of findin' out where she
lives?"
"There ain't no way," brooded Buck, "except that when he talks about
her sometimes he speaks of Lee Haines like he wanted to kill him.
Sometimes he's dreamin' of havin' Lee by the throat. D'you honest
think that havin' the girl here would do any good, ma?"
"Of course it would," she answered. "He's in love, that poor boy is,
an' love is worse than bullets for some men. I don't mean you or Sam.
Lord knows you wouldn't bother yourselves none about a woman."
Her eyes challenged them.
"He talks about Lee havin' the girl?" asked Sam.
"He sure does," said Buck, "which shows that he's jest ravin'.
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