“Mary, are you after all goin' to——”
She met his gaze frankly.
“No—unless you go back on me. If you do, I 'll tell him and show him the paper; and what 's more, I 'll show it all around this county.”
A flash of genuine admiration sprang into the Sheriff's eyes.
“Mary, you ought to have been a man, or—Mrs. Aleck Thompson.”
The paper was signed and witnessed.