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JAMES AND MAGGIE
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she saw James she made for him, and held out both her hands, but he just scowled at her and jumped on his horse and rode away into the Bush.

"He'll come round," says Dave Regan.

Mary took Maggie inside, and, after a bit, I went in, grinning, to share the laugh with them, but Mary grabbed me, and twisted me round, and ran me out.

"Get out, you great fool," she hissed.

Maggie was crying, fit to break her heart.

Ah, well, but it's time to turn in. Some other time I'll tell you about how Mary fixed up things between James and Maggie; how we put on Dave Regan to pretend to make love to her, and how Dave got an unexpected black eye.