Y'u and I know that my
cousin, Ned Bannister, doesn't acknowledge any law, written or
unwritten. He's a devil and he has no fear. Didn't he kidnap her
before?"
"He surely would never dare touch those young ladies. But--I
don't know. Bann, I guess we better roll along toward the Lazy D
country, after all."
"I think so." Ned looked at his friend with smiling drollery. "I
thought y'u smoked your troubles away, Jim. This one seems to
worry y'u."
McWilliams grinned sheepishly. "There's one trouble won't be
smoked away. It kinder dwells. "Then, apparently apropos of
nothing, he added, irrelevantly: "Wonder what Denver's doing
right now?"
"Probably keeping that appointment y'u ran away from," bantered
his friend.
"I'll bet he is. Funny how some men have all the luck," murmured
the despondent foreman.
CHAPTER 16. HUNTING BIG GAME
In point of fact, Denver's occupation at that moment was
precisely what they had guessed it to be. He was sitting beside
Nora Darling in the grand stand, explaining to her the fine
points of "roping." Mr. Bob Austin, commonly known as "Texas,"
was meanwhile trying to make himself agreeable to Helen Messiter.
Truth to tell, both young women listened with divided interest to
their admirers.
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