It was very necessary she should do it
after the manner of white women, else the victory would be no
victory at all. So he talked to her, sternly, without mincing of
words, and initiated her into the weaknesses of his own sex, till
she came to understand what simpletons men were after all, and
why the word of their women was law.
A few days before Thanksgiving Night, Malemute Kid made another
call on Mrs. Eppingwell. She promptly overhauled her feminine
fripperies, paid a protracted visit to the dry-goods department
of the P. C. Company, and returned with the Kid to make
Madeline's acquaintance. After that came a period such as the
cabin had never seen before, and what with cutting, and fitting,
and basting, and stitching, and numerous other wonderful and
unknowable things, the male conspirators were more often banished
the premises than not. At such times the Opera House opened its
double storm-doors to them.
So often did they put their heads together, and so deeply did
they drink to curious toasts, that the loungers scented unknown
creeks of incalculable richness, and it is known that several
checha-quas and at least one Old-Timer kept their stampeding
packs stored behind the bar, ready to hit the trail at a moment's
notice.
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