The guns have to be shucked if y'u
stay here. They might go off accidental and scare the ladies. "
The man rose blackly. "I'll remember this. If y'u knew who y'u
were getting so gay with--"
"I can guess, Mr. Holloway, the kind of an outfit y'u freight
with, and I expect I could put a handle to another name for you."
"By God, if y'u dare to say--"
"I don't dare. especially among so many ladies," came
McWilliams's jaunty answer.
The eyes of the two men gripped, after which Holloway swung on
his heel and swaggered defiantly out of the house.
Presently there came the sound of a pony's feet galloping down
the road. It had not yet died away when Texas announced that the
supper intermission was over.
"Pardners for a quadrille. Ladies' choice."
The dance was on again full swing. The fiddlers were tuning up
and couples gathering for a quadrille. Denver came to claim Miss
Messiter for a partner. Apparently even the existence of the
vanished Holloway was forgotten. But Helen remembered it, and
pondered over the affair long after daylight had come and brought
with it an end to the festivities.
CHAPTER 6. A PARTY CALL
The mistress of the Lazy D, just through with her morning visit
to the hospital in the bunkhouse, stopped to read the gaudy
poster tacked to the wall.
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