'
"'I don't mind what Texas says, none,' replies Faro Nell. 'Texas is
all right, an' on the square". I shouldn't wonder none if this yere
Missis Thompson does saw it off on him some shabby, gettin' that
sep'ration, an' I don't marvel at his remarks. But as long as
Cherokee yere thinks I'm right, I don't let nobody's views pester me
a little bit, so thar.'
"'It's what I says awhile back,' interrupts Enright. 'Texas
Thompson's wife's motives mighty likely ain't invidious none. It's a
heap probable if the trooth is known, that she ain't aimin' nothin'
speshul at Texas; she only changes her mind. About the earliest
event I remembers,' goes on Enright, 'is concernin' a woman who
changes her mind. It's years ago when I'm a yearlin'. Our company is
makin' a round-up at a camp called Warwhoop Crossin', in Tennessee,
organizin' to embark in the Mexican war a whole lot, an' thin out
the Greasers. No one ever does know why I, personal, declar's myse'f
in on this yere imbroglio. I ain't bigger 'n a charge of powder, an'
that limited as to laigs I has to clamber onto a log to mount my
pony.
"'But as I'm tellin', we-alls comes together at Warwhoop to make the
start.
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