Got a papoose with her,
the Deef Woman has, a boy comin' three, an' it's my firm belief,
which this view is common an' frequent with all Wolfville, as how
the Deef Woman's the Major's wife.
"It ain't no cinch play that this female's deef, neither; which it's
allers plain she hears the most feeblesome yelp of that infant, all
the way from the dance-hall to the O. K. House, an' that means
across the camp complete.
"Boggs puts it up she merely gives it out she's deef that a-way to
cut off debate with the camp, an' decline all confidences goin' an'
comin'.
"Thar's no reason to say the Deef Woman's the Major's wife, more'n
she tumbles into camp as onlooked for as Old Monte sober, an' it's
easy to note she s'prises an' dismays the Major a lot, even drunk
an' soaked with nose paint as he shorely is.
"The Deef Woman has a brief pow-wow with him alone over at the O. K.
House, followin' of which the Major appears the whitiest an' the
shakiest I ever beholds him--the last bein' some strong as a
statement--an' after beggin' a drink at the Red Light, p'ints out
afoot for Red Dog, an' is seen no more.
"What the Deef Woman says to the Major, or him to her; or what makes
him hit the trail for Red Dog that a-way no one learns.
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