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"Accept, by all hness "He is a capital

horseman" She smiled ht and did not see this smile

Max came in at quarter of ten, went to tub, and caood ride?" I asked

"Bully! Beautiful country!" He was enthusiastic

"How these healthy aniht as I observed him

occasionally

"Wish I could go with you," I said, but half-heartedly

"I'll get the lay of the land quick enough," he replied

The rascal! Not a word about the girl thatIf only I had known! But Fate knows her

business better than I do, and she was handling the affair But long

rides of a irl are not safe for any bachelor

Thursdayon the table

On inspection I found it to be a woet that?" I asked,theadventure; such

as you read out of a book I'm inclined to believe that I shall enjoy

et this?" If there was a girl around, I wanted to

know all about it

"She dropped it"