"I'm afraid I swore too," he said sadly.
"You had some excuse, but I'm sorry.  They would have hurt you if you hadn't kept them off."
"Yes, they'd probably have given me a beating.  with her, he would sanction everything at oncehe answered.; People do things in hot blood they wish they hadn't afterward.  I know this Oakville rough-scuff.  Since we've had it

out, and they know what to expect, they'll give me a wide berth.  Now go and sleep.  You were never safer in your life."
She did not trust herself to reply, but the glance she gave him from grateful feeling that he was suddenly conscious of some

unwonted sensations.  He again patrolled the place and tied the dog near the barn.
"It's barely possible that some of these mean cusses might venture to kindle a fire, but a bark from Towser will warn 'em off.  She IS a spirited little woman," he

added, with a sharp change in soliloquy. "There's nothing milk-and-water about her.  Thunder!  I felt like kissing her when she looked at me so.  I guess that crack

on my skull has made me a little light-headed."
He lay down in his clothes so that he might rush out in case of any alarm, and he intended to keep awake.  Then, the first thing he knew, the sun was shining in the

windows.