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"Try if you want to, Dick I don't seem to care, one way or the other"

Dick's head dropped to his chest With a little inarticulate cry, Elsa ran across the roo Dick's head over to rest on her soft breast, she kissed him on the forehead

"I care, Dicky!" she cried "I care! It's ood or not"

Dick lifted his agonized face and stared into Elsa's tear wet eyes A sloisted smile touched his lips

"Oh, Elsa! Oh, Elsa!" he breathed "I think you've saved ainst her and Elsa, clasping the gray-touched head to her, looked at the others fiercely

"Noho hurts Dick, hurts er dropped his hand on Charley's shoulder "Then look to it that he never hurts Charley again," he said sternly

There was a silence, broken by Gustav, who came into the kitchen with the milk pail

"Elsa, , Gustav," answered Elsa in her normal voice "The rest of you sit down to supper Gustav and I won't be a er," said Charley "Dick, your room is ready for you!" and she disappeared into her own bedrooer began at once to tell of the crop conditions and of the call on old Rabbit Tail

"Let's see, this is Friday and he proet busy to-morrow and make the drill connections on the old Lemon What do you think of the whole scheme, Dick?"

"I think it's perfect!" exclaier "But even if it doesn't, you'll still have the old Lemon and a real well So I'll have done you no harot to dismantle that condenser to hly, I'ood at all--"

"If Rabbit Tail brings his pet gang," said Dick "there'll be four first class machinists in it, trained at Carlisle Felloork only when they please, but Lord, they are wonders I saw theine once that had been badly smashed en route It was a poeer "If they put this thing over for us, I'll pay for it in cold cash as soon as I get it"

"Rabbit Tail won't take money for this deal," said Charley

"The others will, but they won't ask for it" Dick filled his pipe, and pushed his coffee cup aith a little smile for Elsa