But then Bud regarded tobacco as a necessary adjunct to soundness of
judgment.
He slipped an arm about Nan's waist as she took up her position at his
side.
Jeff was seated at the centre table, a position strongly reminiscent to
the girl of a smaller gathering some four years back, when he had
occupied the position of leadership in the enterprise which had had
such successful results for them all. Jay was poised upon the edge of
a small chair which suggested immediate peril under his forceful and
scarcely elegant methods when discussing the doings of rustlers, and
imparting his opinion upon all and sundry of their class. Lal
disdained all parlor attitude. He was squatting against the edge of
the table without the least consideration for its somewhat trifling
powers of endurance. But Jeff was talking, and Nan's whole attention
was swiftly caught and held by the man whose words and actions were at
all times irresistible to her.
He was talking slowly and clearly with that shadow of a drawl which was
his way when his decision was arrived at.
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