CUPID EN ROUTE
"What's the matter? Don't you like it?" Wade laughed.
"Oh, I like it all right enough, but I don't feel to home here. It's different with you, I reckon; you was born around here an' you savvy the landmarks. It's strange country to me an' I don't speak the langwidge. I wish you was goin' back with me, partner."
"I guess you'll get along all right. I'll put you in a car here that 'll take you right through to Chicago."
"That's all right; I know the back-trail, boy. I was just thinkin' that it's goin' to be powerful lonesome out there this winter."
"Well, I may be back before you get a chance to miss me, Dave. It all depends. After all, there isn't much to hold me here nowadays. When my folks were alive it was different. I dare say a month or two will be all I 'll want."
"Reckon I'd better put on another shift at the mine," said Dave with a twinkle in his eyes. "Reckon if you're goin' to stay two months here you'll need a pile of money."
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