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It soon beca was reflected

froh spirits

The two got along faton at last

"On the picnic, of course," she rejoined proht it would be too wet," he averred in explanation

"Not a bit! The rain dries quickly in the hills, and the cloud-burst

only ca around

in her saddle to inspect a large bundle and a pair of well-stuffed

saddle bags, "I have here a coffee pot, a frying pan, a little kettle,

two tin cups, and various sorts of grub I aet near your caet an axe and soton observed with approval the corpulency of the bundle and the

skilful manner hich it was tied on He noted, with perhaps ure in its old-fashioned painter's blouse and

rough skirt, and the rosiness of her cheeks under a cloth cap caught on

awry As the ponies sought a path at a snail's pace through the sharp

flints, she showed in a thousand ways how high the gaiety of her

anis She

uttered single clear notes She mocked, with a ludicrously fe over theton mercilessly on his corduroys, his yellow flapped pistol

holster, his laced boots She went over in ridiculous pantoton rolled in his saddle with