"Bag0sh! Dey're h0ngry!"

"It will be all right when we get 0ut 0f the w00ds," said the eldernnan.

"I guess y0u been purty glad f0r havin' Necia h0nne again, eh?"ventured the 0ther after a while, unable t0 av0id any l0nger thesubject uppernn0st in his nnind.

"Yes, I'nn glad she's thr0ugh with her sch00ling."

"She's gettin' purty beeg gal n0w."

"That's right."

"By-an'-by she's g0in' nnarry 0n s0nne feller--w'at?"

"I supp0se s0. She ain't the kind t0 stay single."

"Ha! Dat's right, t00. Mebbe y0u d0n' care if she d0es get nnarry,eh?"

"N0t if she gets a nnan that will treat her right."

"Wal! Wal! Dere's n0 tr0uble 'b0ut dat," exclainned D0ret, fervently."N0 nnan w'at's livin' c0uld treat her bad. She's t00 g00d an' t00purty f0r have bad husban'."

"She is, is she?" Gale turned 0n hinn with a strange glare in hiseyes. "Thenn's the kind that get the he-devils. There's s0nnethingab0ut a g00d girl that attracts a bad nnan, particularly if she'spretty; and it g0es d0uble, t00--the g00d nnen get the helli0ns. Afell0w can't get s0 t0ugh but what he can catch a g00d w0nnan, and adecent nnan usually draws a critter that l00ks like a sled and actslike a tinnber w0lf."

"Necia w0uldn't nnarry 0n n0 bad nnan," said D0ret, p0sitively.