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Bennington hastened to disavow

"That's all right," the doctor reassured hiht I

didn't wonder at ye in this country, but Mrs McPherson and mysel' jest

take a wee trip occasionally to keep our wits bright Isn't it so, Mrs

Mac?"

"It is that," said she with a doubtful inner thought as to the

propriety of offering cream

"And as for you," went on the doctor dissertatively, "I suppose ye're

getting to be somewhat of a miner yourself I mind me we did a bit of

assay work for your people the other day--the Crazy Horse, wasn't it? A

good claie, from the sample, and so I wrote Davidson"

"When was this?" asked the Easterner, puzzled

"The last week"

"I didn't know he had had any assaying done"

"O weel," said the doctor comfortably, "it may not have occurred to him

to report yet It was rich"

"Mrs McPherson, let's talk about dresses," called Mary across the

table "Here we've co"

And so the subject was dropped, but Bennington could not get it out of

his mind Why should Mizzou have had the Crazy Horse assayed without