"You know I've been loving you a long, long time," he said abruptly.
"I didn't want to tell you till I had something to offer you besides
myself. And now I've got something--Rafe Tuckleton has promised to
make me sheriff."
"I thought the voters usually decided such things," said she.
He laughed cynically. "Not in Crocker. _We_ know the better way.
Well, I've told you, Sally Jane. What do you say?"