"After store, then?"
"Free?"
"Sure! Old Doc Strauss is on after five, too. If I ain't too nervy I'm off after six myself. I could meet you after and we could talk over what he tells you—if I ain't too nervy?"
"I—"
"Blaney's my name—Eddie Blaney. Ask anybody round here about me. I—I could meet you, little missy, and—"
"I can't to-night, Mr. Blaney. I gotta go somewheres."
"Aw!"
"I gotta."
"To-morrow? To-morrow's Sunday, little missy. There's a swell lot of country I bet you 'ain't never seen, and Old Doc Strauss is going to tell you to get acquainted with it pretty soon."
"Country?"