“Yes, I left him talking to Bud. When he finds Alison has gone I suppose he will be ready to ride after her.”
Hannah Maria looked interested, and her fancy went galloping to the meeting between the two. “Now ain’t it purty,” she said after a pause, “to see a young fellow that ain’t backward; some of ’em is so shy. How’s Cynthy, Laura?”
“She’s well.”
“Polly Sanders’s baby any more fits?”
“Not that I’ve heard of.”
“Tom M’Gee got back?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Heerd any more about Manthy Lance?”
“No.”
“I reckon that’ll be a match,” said Hannah Maria dwelling upon the subject of Manthy and Tom. “Bud thinks they’ll be married before the year’s out. How’s Jim Steele, Laura?”