"
Both McWilliams and his mistress had guessed right in their
surmise as to Nora Darling's popularity in the cow country. She
made an immediate and pronounced hit. It was astonishing how many
errands the men found to take them to "the house," as they called
the building where the mistress of the ranch dwelt. Bannister
served for a time as an excellent excuse. Judging from the number
of the inquiries which the men found it necessary to make as to
his progress, Helen would have guessed him exceedingly popular
with her riders. Having a sense of humor, she mentioned this to
McWilliams one day.
He laughed, and tried to turn it into a compliment to his
mistress. But she would have none of it.
"I know better, sir. They don't come here to see me. Nora is the
attraction, and I have sense enough to know it. My nose is quite
out of joint," she laughed.
Mac looked with gay earnestness at the feature she had mentioned.
"There's a heap of difference in noses," he murmured, apparently
apropos of nothing.
"That's another way of telling me that Nora's pug is the sweetest
thing you ever saw," she charged.
"I ain't half such a bad actor as some of the boys," he
deprecated.
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