. Sketches in duneland . ght, an es skipped. Hell be numberfour in that cemetery lot all right if e ever showsup, declared Sipes as we parted. She rough-housed me when I didnt do nothin, an I wouldntlike to see Cals finish if she ever gits to im. Thefeller that ought to marry Hellfirey Smetters isHoly Zeke. Perhaps from somewhere out in the darkness,Cal may have studied the group around the fireon the sand. Its light may have reflected thequiet gleam of tigerish ferocity that creeps intothe eyes of a woman who is made to wait. Hemay have been appalled by the prospecl: of theloss of his much-lo
. Sketches in duneland . ght, an es skipped. Hell be numberfour in that cemetery lot all right if e ever showsup, declared Sipes as we parted. She rough-housed me when I didnt do nothin, an I wouldntlike to see Cals finish if she ever gits to im. Thefeller that ought to marry Hellfirey Smetters isHoly Zeke. Perhaps from somewhere out in the darkness,Cal may have studied the group around the fireon the sand. Its light may have reflected thequiet gleam of tigerish ferocity that creeps intothe eyes of a woman who is made to wait. Hemay have been appalled by the prospecl: of theloss of his much-loved freedom, and recoiled fromfurther contact with a social system which had [131] SKETCHES IN DUNELAND discarded him, or he may have seen his kittenin a new light that dissipated illusion. Anyway, as Sipes declared, Elvireys duckhad lit out. During a visit to Mrs. Smetters late in the fall,she gloomily remarked, Now if you will tell mewots the use o livin, Id be very grateful! [132] VIII THE RESURRECTION OF BILLSAUNDERS. VIII THE RESURRECTION OF BILLSAUNDERS SIPES and Saunders had acquired a de-tachable motor for their boat. CatfishJohn had obtained it on one of his vari-ous trips to the little village at the mouth of theriver about fifteen miles away. The disgustedowner had traded it in on his fish account withJohn, and had thrown in, as a bonus, some gaso-line, mixing oil, a lot of damaged small tools, amuch-worn book of instructions, and a great dealof conversation. He was careful to impress onJohn that he wanted no come back, and wasnot responsible in any way for what the contrap-tion might or might not do after it left him. Hehad just had it overhauled by the makers forthe third time, and he never wanted to see it , knowing the great persistence and ingenu-ity of his friends, and feeling that he was in theway of doing them a favor, put the despised ma-chine in his wagon and departed. [>35] SKETCHES IN DUNELAND The following morning he drove up the beachto the
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