“Let him go,” she whispered emphatically.
“I know my boss,” returned Lee with a laugh.
“If you’re quite through with me, Miss Lee, I’ll not intrude longer,” Flatray said.
“But I’m not,” spoke Melissy quickly.
She did not intend to let him get away to settle his quarrel with Boone.
“I’m rather busy,” he suggested.
“Your business will have to wait,” she came back decisively.
Lee laughed and clapped Jack on the shoulder. “Might as well know your boss too, boy.”
Melissy flushed with a flash of temper. “I’m nothing of the kind, dad.”
“Sho! A joke’s a joke, girl. That’s twice hand-runnin’ I get a call-down. You’re mighty high-heeled to-day, ’pears like.”