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 girl Delia could be, pretty—according to river standdards [sic], which he questioned—dropping down alone, pursued by strange men, and then shooting one and pirating his cruiser.

Anywhere else, his poetic temperament would have rebelled against that strong-arm kind of a girl, but down here on Old Mississip', with its rebellious women, it sounded almost natural and according to caving banks, lonesome bends, Mrs. Haney, and the jumping-off place.