Oh they were polite as they could be, talkative, helpful, but nothing was going on between Clint and Emma. It was as if an "Off limits" sign was hung around her neck. It looked seriously as though Deke might have to lend a hand with nature. Clint just didn't know a good thing when he saw it. Jake had been riding fence most of the week so Deke didn't have to worry about him. But Deke had purposely let Clint slack off a little giving him time and opportunity to get to know Emma better. Clint hadn't taken the hint. Oh they'd had general conversations at dinner time. He'd helped her off and on with Sammie Jo. Yet Clint treated her as though she was the last person on his mind. Why? It made no sense to him. He'd gotten dumped good and proper only months ago, so now he was having nothing to do with women? Deke shook his head as he shod one of the horses in the barn. "Looks like I'm going to have to do something to wake those brothers of mine up." It was Saturday and very early. A light morning mist had made the barn humid.
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