second time and read it over to see that she had made no mistake, and
then she set her toil-worn hands upon her hips and surveyed the prone
but happy Burley in dazed astonishment, ejaculating:
"Fer the land sake! Now did you ever? Fer the land! Was that what she
was up to all the time? I thought she was wonderful set to go, and
wonderful set to stay, but I never sensed what was up. Ef I'd 'a'
knowed, I suppose I'd 'a' stayed another day. Why didn't she tell me, I
wonder! Well, fer the land sake!"
And Burley murmured contentedly:
"Wal, I'm mighty glad you never knowed, Amelia Ellen!"
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Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
Page 34, "These" changed to "There". (There were neighbors)
Page 43, word "It" presumed as ink was unclear. (It seemed to)
Page 45, "nd" changed to "and". (and the pony's)
Page 147, "The" changed to "the". (the agent is)
Page 224, word "to" added to text. (what to do with)
Page 227, "th" changed to "the". (the inn tells)
End of Project Gutenberg's The Man of the Desert, by Grace Livingston Hill