Her cousin Dave
had gone off to school that year, had come back a month before,
and been shot through the shoulder. He was in Lonesome Cove now.
This fact was mentioned in the same matter-of-fact way as the
other happenings. Hale had been raising Cain in Lonesome Cove--"A-
cuttin' things down an' tearin' 'em up an' playin' hell
ginerally."
The feud had broken out again and maybe June couldn't stay at home
long. He didn't want her there with the fighting going on--whereat
June's heart gave a start of gladness that the way would be easy
for her to leave when she wished to leave. Things over at the Gap
"was agoin' to perdition," the old man had been told, while he was
waiting for June and Hale that day, and Hale had not only lost a
lot of money, but if things didn't take a rise, he would be left
head over heels in debt, if that mine over in Lonesome Cove didn't
pull him out.
They were approaching the big Pine now, and June was beginning to
ache and get sore from the climb. So Hale was in trouble--that was
what he meant when he said that, though she could leave the
mountains when she pleased, he must stay there, perhaps for good.
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