Selwood laughed.
“Do you feel like that?” he asked.
“Exactly,” said she, “like a weight was off my shoulders. That debt to McKane was a bitter load.”
“The trader is getting into deep water” said the sheriff. “I hate to see him do it.”
“How—deep water?”
“He’s falling more and more into Cattle Kate’s power—and all for nothing. He knows it, but seems helpless. I’ve seen the like before. She’s a bad woman to tie to.”
“She’s handsome—that’s one thing sure.”
“Yes. Her type is always handsome. But I’m surprised to hear you say so.”
“Why?” asked the girl wonderingly.
“Because most women hate to admit beauty in another, and of all people on Nameless you have the least reason to see anything attractive in her.”