human
Jim, and Lance, and Jerry, and Abner?
gpt
Jim's dead--shot by a U. S. marshal by mistake for a smuggler, answered Black Andy, suggestively.
human
Lance is up on the Yukon, busted; Jerry is one of our hands on the place; and Abner is in jail.
gpt
Abner--in jail! she exclaimed, in a dazed way.
human
What did he do? Abner always seemed so straight.
gpt
Oh, he sloped with a thousand dollars of the railway people's money. They caught him, and he got seven years.
human
He was married, wasn't he?
gpt
Yes, to Phenie Tyson. There's no children, so she's all right, and divorce is cheap over in the States, where she is now.
human
Phenie Tyson didn't marry Abner because he was a saint, but because he was a man, I suppose, she replied, gravely.
gpt
And the old folks?
human
Both dead. What Abner done sent the old man to his grave. But Abner's mother died a year before.
gpt
What Abner done killed his father, said Abel Baragar, with dry emphasis.
human
Phenie Tyson was extravagant--wanted this and that, and nothin' was too good for her. Abner spoilt his life gettin' her what she wanted; and it broke old Ezra Lumley's heart.
gpt
My, it's curious how some folks go up and some go down! It must be lonely for Phenie waiting all these years for Abner to get free.... I had the happiest time in my life at Lumley's. I was getting better of my--cold. While I was there I got lots of strength stored up, to last me many a year when I needed it; and, then, George and I were married at Lumley's!