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`` Y' u do n't say ! Just old enough to vote -- like this steer was before they massacreed him . '' She gave him one look , and thereafter punished him with silence . They left Gimlet Butte early next morning and reached the Lazy D shortly after noon on the succeeding day . McWilliams understood perfectly that strenuous competition would inevitably ensue as soon as the Lazy D beheld the attraction he had brought into their midst . Nor did he need a phrenologist to tell him that Nora was a born flirt and that her shy slant glances were meant to penetrate tough hides to tender hearts . But this did not discourage him , and he set about making his individual impression while he had her all to himself .