Chapter 3
The Kiss RepeatedWhen her father came home that night she asked him the news. No,
they had not captured the second horse-thief,
who was still at large. Judge Boompointer talked of invoking the
aid of the despised law. It remained, then, to see whether the
horse-thief was fool enough to try to get rid of the animal. Red
Pete's body had been delivered to his widow. Perhaps it would only
be neighborly for Salomy Jane to ride over to the funeral. But
Salomy Jane did not take to the suggestion kindly, nor yet did she
explain to her father that, as the other man was still living,
she did not care to undergo a second disciplining at the widow's
hands. Nevertheless, she contrasted her situation with that of the
widow with a new and singular satisfaction. It might have been Re
