'
"'Why?' says Billy, glarin' at Peets s'picious.
"'Cause,' replies Peets, all careless, ''cause you ups an' weds her
by then. I sees it in your eye. Then, when she's thar for good, I
reckons she nacherally quits comin' over.'
"'Oh, I don't know,' says Texas Thompson, who's takin' in Doc Peets'
remark; ' I don't allow Billy's got the nerve to marry this yere
Marie. Not but what she's as pretty as an antelope. But think of
'Doby. He jest never would quit chewin' Billy's mane if he goes
pullin' off any nuptial ceremonies with his wife's relative that a-
way.'
"Billy looks hard as granite at this. He ain't sayin' nothin', but
he gets outside of another drink in a way which shows his mind's
made up, an' then he goes p'intin' off towards his camp, same as a
gent who entertains designs.
"'I offers three to one,' says Cherokee Hall, lookin' after Billy
sorter thoughtful that a-way, 'that Billy weds this yere Mexican
girl in a week; an' I'll go five hundred dollars even money he gets
her before night.'
"'An' no takers,' says Doc Peets, 'for I about thinks you calls the
turn.'
"An' that's what happens. In two hours after this impulsive Billy
prances out of the Red Light on the heels of Texas Thompson's
remarks about how hostile 'Doby would be if he ever gets Marie, he's
done lured her before the padre over in Chihuahua, an' the padre
marries 'em as quick as you could take a runnin'-iron an' burn a
brand on a calf.
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