We can't tarry. Let's gather food and light out."
"Without seein' Ma?"
"There isn't time."
"I'm not leavin' until I see my ma. It's not me Hunter's after!"
"He'll snatch you back all the same! He has crazy ideas about family when he marries up with a body. The way he figures, you belong to him now. He doesn't think Uncle Henry watches after you proper."
"He reckons right. Pa don't watch after nobody but Pa.
"Without seein' Ma?"
"There isn't time."
"I'm not leavin' until I see my ma. It's not me Hunter's after!"
"He'll snatch you back all the same! He has crazy ideas about family when he marries up with a body. The way he figures, you belong to him now. He doesn't think Uncle Henry watches after you proper."
"He reckons right. Pa don't watch after nobody but Pa.
( Catherine Anderson )
[ Comanche Moon ]
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