His concluding sentence was quite unheeded by Galletly . `` Min Palmer 's the worst woman in Rykman 's Corner -- or out of it . She always was an odd one . I mind her when she was a girl -- a saucy , black-eyed baggage she was ! Handsome , some folks called her . I never c 'd see it . Her people were a queer crowd and Min was never brung up right -- jest let run wild all her life . Well , Rod Palmer took to dancin ' attendance on her . Rod was a worthless scamp . Old Palmer was well off and Rod was his only child , but this Rose lived there and kept house for them after Mis ' Palmer died . She was a quiet , well-behaved little creetur . Folks said the old man wanted Rod to marry her -- dunno if 't was so or not . In the end , howsomever , he had to marry Min . Her brother got after him with a horse-whip , ye understand . Old Palmer was furious but he had to give in and Rod brought her home . She was a bit sobered down by her trouble and lived quiet and sullen-like at first . Her and Rod fought like cat and dog . Rose married Osh Fuller , a worthless , drunken fellow . He died in a year or so and left Rose and her baby without a roof over their heads . Then old Palmer went and brought her home .
He set great store by Rose and he XXXXX ` d n't bear Min .
Palmer brother c cat girl man people roof saucy woman