If he had married her, he'd have been asking for trouble.

His plans and dreams had revolved around her so much and for so long that now he felt as if he had nothing.

He had plenty of work to do.

He had no idea how much time Budd would give him.

In any case, he had no intention of being caught asleep, so he carried his revolver in its holster on his hip and he took his Winchester with him and leaned it against the fence.

It could be some kind of trick Budd had thought up.

His visitors had crawled through the south fence and were crossing the meadow, angling toward the house.

She had reached a point at which she didn't even care how she looked.

Any lingering suspicion that this was a trick Al Budd had thought up was dispelled.

Besides, she had a sweet face that attracted him.

He put her down on the couch, and going into the kitchen, saw that the boy had dropped into a chair beside the table.

Both had blonde hair and blue eyes, and there was even a faint similarity of features.

He had seen a few nester wagons go through the country, the families almost starving to death, but he had never seen any of them on foot and as bad off as these two.

Morgan returned to the kitchen, built a fire, and carried in several buckets of water from the spring which he poured into the copper boiler that he had placed on the stove.

There was more to this than Jones had told him.

He told himself he had never seen two people eat so much.

`` We had to do something ''.

He was thinking of Rittenhouse and how he had left him there, to rock to death on the porch of the Splendide.

Clayton tried to call back the face of the man he had known.

Gavin's lips moved so that Clayton had to stoop to catch the words.

And you wanted no part of me when I had so much to give.

When he had finished he led him and the mare to the porch.

The stallion had smelled the mare coming into heat and began to paw the turf, shaking his head.

He had been a major contributor to the series win, scoring 329 runs at 54. 83 and taking 30 wickets at 21. 93, establishing himself as one of the leading leg spinners of the modern era.

By May 2010, ADL had validated 301 SCORM-certified products while 329 products were compliant.

After 349 days in orbit, Mariner 9 had transmitted 7, 329 images, covering 100 % of Mars ' surface, whereas previous flyby missions had returned less than one thousand images covering only a small portion of the planetary surface.

Congressman Oakes Ames testified Garfield had purchased 10 shares of Crédit Mobiler stock for $ 1000, received accrued stock interest and $ 329 ( 33 per cent ) in dividends sometime between December 1867 and June 1868.

Males had a median income of $ 35, 329 versus $ 30, 096 for females.

In his first season with the Angels, Ryan, given a chance to pitch regularly as a starter for the first time in his career, had a league-leading 329 strikeouts — nearly a third more than the AL runner-up, and to that point, the fourth-highest total of the 20th century.

It had a chapel containing relics of the regal period: a bronze statue of Tanaquil or Gaia Caecilia, her belt containing remedies that people came to collect, her distaff, spindle and slippers, and after the capture of Privernum in 329 BC, brass medallions or bronze wheels ( discs ) made of the money confiscated from Vitruvius Vaccus.

Males had a median income of $ 30, 329 versus $ 21, 570 for females.

According to the 1901 Census, Ickenham at that time had a population of 329, which by the 2001 Census had reached 9, 933, although census figures show a marked population decline during the 1960s and 1970s.

There were 14, 329 households out of which 28. 2 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47. 5 % were husband and wife families, 10. 9 % had a female householder with no husband present, 36. 5 % were non-families, and 29. 5 % were made up of individuals.

Males had a median income of $ 29, 329 versus $ 21, 426 for females.

Males had a median income of $ 31, 495 versus $ 21, 329 for females.

Males had a median income of $ 45, 329 versus $ 29, 767 for females.

Males had a median income of $ 23, 329 versus $ 16, 884 for females.

There were 532 households, out of which 183 ( 34. 4 %) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 329 ( 61. 8 %) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 58 ( 10. 9 %) had a female householder with no husband present, 27 ( 5. 1 %) had a male householder with no wife present.

329 households ( 21. 0 %) were made up of individuals and 149 ( 9. 5 %) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

There were 329 households out of which 28. 0 % had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48. 9 % were married couples living together, 11. 6 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 35. 9 % were non-families.

There were 523 households, out of which 292 ( 55. 8 %) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 329 ( 62. 9 %) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 69 ( 13. 2 %) had a female householder with no husband present, 39 ( 7. 5 %) had a male householder with no wife present.